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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Peter Harholdt.
Pair of Eye Inlays
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Peter Harholdt.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Peter Harholdt.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Peter Harholdt.
ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Pair of Eye Inlays

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
PeriodLate Period, Dynasty 25 - Dynasty 26
Date722-525 BCE
MediumStone, alabaster, pigment
Credit LineEgyptian Purchase Fund
Dimensions1 15/16 x 3 15/16 in. (4.9 x 10 cm)
Object number2000.014 A/D
Exhibition HistoryGE Presents: The Mystery of the Albany Mummies, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York, September 21, 2013 - June 8, 2014
Published ReferencesChristie's New York, Antiquities (Tuesday 13 June 2000), 18-19, lot 222.
Peter Lacovara and Betsy Teasley Trope, The Realm of Osiris (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2001), 33.
ProvenancePurchased by MCCM from Christie's New York, June 13, 2000, lot 222.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art