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| Keywords: Egyptian - Spacer Bead - Walters 42377 - Back.jpg This bead of grayish steatite with traces of greenish glaze has three lateral perforations The designs are carved in high relief within a rectangular frame On one side is the Apis bull wearing a disk between its horns and a heavy necklace Above his back are lotus blossoms and a palmette of ancient near eastern type The opposite face has three columns of hieroglyphs the outer ones giving the names of King Amasis The central column reads The good-god lord-of-the-two-lands may he live eternally century 6 BC Late Period steatite cm 2 25 2 85 0 3 accession number 42 377 40714 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Amasis II Three-column layout | ||||
