Bowl with bosses and petals

Late Period–Ptolemaic Period

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 134

The heavy silver vessels 18.2.13-18.2.17 are in created in a decorative style widespread in the Greek world, and can be dated to the fourth century BC. They. are said to have been found together in the Egyptian Delta.
Several of the vessels have small Demotic designations scored into the rim recording the weight of the silver, which correlated with the vessel's value.

Bowl with bosses and petals, Silver

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