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Incense burner with its chain Ptolemaic PeriodTell Basta (Bubastis)

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 07.228.183a–d. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 07.228.183a–d
Find spot: Tell Basta (Bubastis), Eastern Delta, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Ptolemaic Period
Date: 304–30 B.C.
Date range: 304 BCE – 30 BCE
Materials: ['silver']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Incense burner with its chain (07.228.183a–d). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/40751

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Incense burner, chain. Ptolemaic Period, 304–30 B.C. Silver. H. 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.); Bowl: Diam. 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.); Lid: Diam. 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.). From: Tell Basta (Bubastis), Eastern Delta, Egypt. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1907.

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Found at Tell Basta (Bubastis)

Materials Metal

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