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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Fragment | Relief
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Fragment | Relief

Artist Unknown
CultureCoptic
DateNo Date
MediumLimestone
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum collection
Object number0.603
Not on view
DescriptionLimestone fragment. Figure with bird; lettering carved on back. Per Frances Jones (1985): "Brick-shaped piece of stone. Relief on each face. A) figure, two birds. B) figure, bird, snake, dots. C) figure. D) Greek inscription. Top) geometric design. Bottom) Inscription. (Probably gnostic; pursue along these lines."

Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Ptolemaic Period, 170-116 B.C.E.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
5th century A.D.-6th century A.D.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Unknown
Dynasty 19, reign of Ramses II, ca. 1279-1212 B.C.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Roman Period, 30 B.C.E.-395 C.E.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Roman Period, 30 B.C.-395 A.D.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Roman Period, 30 B.C.-395 A.D.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Unknown
Late Period, Dynasty 26, ca. 664-525 B.C.
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2017.
Elie Nadelman
ca. 1916-18
Image scanned by Sara Beth Walsh and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Unknown
50-1 B.C.E.