ANKH (LIFE) AND WAS (DOMINION) INLAYS
Mosaic Glass Technique
3rd-1st Century B.C.
FRAGMENTARY ANKH AND WAS-SIGNS, red, blue, yellow and white ankh-sign, red arms, supporting red tipped green lotus flower on white collar, grasping two was-sceptres with orange and green backs, in translucent cobalt blue matrix - 0.9cm. square max.; half red, white and blue ankh-sign with red arms, supporting a yellow collar with white, red and blue lotus flower, grasping a similarly coloured Seth-headed was-sceptre; and two other stylised ankh and was-signs - 1.0cm. high max., 0.7cm. thick max., 3rd-1st Century B.C. (4)
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FRAGMENTARY ANKH AND WAS-SIGNS, red, blue, yellow and white ankh-sign, red arms, supporting red tipped green lotus flower on white collar, grasping two was-sceptres with orange and green backs, in translucent cobalt blue matrix - 0.9cm. square max.; half red, white and blue ankh-sign with red arms, supporting a yellow collar with white, red and blue lotus flower, grasping a similarly coloured Seth-headed was-sceptre; and two other stylised ankh and was-signs - 1.0cm. high max., 0.7cm. thick max., 3rd-1st Century B.C. (4)