Set of Hieroglyphic Inlays from a Coffin Ptolemaic

Set of Hieroglyphic Inlays from a Coffin (M546). Ptolemaic Period, ca. 200 BC. A group of hieroglyphic inlays in apple green faience with a slightly darker green wash on the upper surfaces (ten pieces) two of which have incise grooves with dark blue glaze, and five sections of hieroglyph-borders in blue faience with a dark blue glassy glaze on upper surfaces. The hieroglyphs present are: 1/ nTr-flag in two pieces (central part missing). 2/ a-arm (hand missing). 3/ s-cloth (part of folded clothing). 4/ rd-leg (repaired from two pieces; intact). 5/ pt-sky in two pieces (central part missing) 6/ z-lock with central part missing. 7/ xAst-hills with right hill missing. Of the five borders, one short one is intact, the others are broken at one or both ends. Acquired Charles Ede Ltd, London, 1995; ex. Groppi Collection, Switzerland, (acquired in the 1920s-1940s). Sold Christies, 8/12 -93, vol. III:203 (part) Per-neb collection. Many other hieroglyphs from the same group are published in parts