A Coptic bone doll of stylized form standing with legs apart, wearing high headdress and with incised lines indicating arms and clothing, large staring eyes and marked navel, pierced at both sides for arm attachments -- 6½in. (16.5cm.) high; another similar -- 6 1/8in. (15.7cm.) high; and three other fragmentary dolls -- 5¼in. (13.3cm.) high max., all 6th-7th Century A.D. (5)
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A Coptic bone doll of stylized form standing with legs apart, wearing high headdress and with incised lines indicating arms and clothing, large staring eyes and marked navel, pierced at both sides for arm attachments -- 6½in. (16.5cm.) high; another similar -- 6 1/8in. (15.7cm.) high; and three other fragmentary dolls -- 5¼in. (13.3cm.) high max., all 6th-7th Century A.D. (5)
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See illustration opposite for items one and two
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