Ptolemaic basin, Alexandria National Museum, Egypt
Square limestone basin containing gold ore which was melted and formed into jewellery, Ptolemaic period, later used in a temple building, from Abu Qir, in the Alexandria National Museum, opened 2003, in the former US consulate, a palace built 1926 on Tariq Al-Horreya street, in Alexandria, Egypt. The museum houses collections from Alexandria and Egypt, from the Pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
13744640
Media ID
45405597
Size
8268px x 5950px
(9.1MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
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Alexandria Basin Fouad Limestone Metalwork Ptolemaic
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