Ancient Egyptian eye inlay fragment from Armant

Part of an oval ring of perhaps once white glass. Now brownish in colour on the outer surface. Used as a part of the white of the eye in an inlay eye.

Ancient Egyptian eye inlay fragment from Armant

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1933.35.8.b
  • Material: glass
  • Excavator: O.H. Myers Sir R. Mond
  • Object name: eye inlay fragment
  • Dimensions: Length: 42mm , Width: 25mm , Depth: 7mm
  • Published references: Mond R Sir & Myers O H The Bucheum 1 & 2 & 3, 1934
  • Site: Armant
  • Latitude: 25.616667
  • Longitude: 32.533333