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A swallow, a solar symbol, in an rectangular inlay

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Egyptian Art

A swallow, a solar symbol, in an rectangular inlay

Maker not identified

Date
ca. 100 B.C. – A.D. 100
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
H. 1.1 × W. 1.1 cm (7/16 × 7/16 in.)
Object type
Inlay, swallow, hieroglyph, solar symbol
Period
Late Ptolemaic Period–early Roman Period
Country
Egypt
Object number
10.130.2708
Credit line
Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910
Gallery
134
Original Met record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Birds

The Met object ID 570447. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.