Box-form ornament with granulation

Unknown

6th–4th century BC · Gold · Egyptian Art

This box-form ornament has an opening in the form of an eight-pointed star on its upper surface. Ornaments like these with their extensive granulation are probably pre-Ptolemaic.

Artist

Unknown

Date

6th–4th century BC

Medium

Gold

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1918