Ivory Token Depicting Egyptian Obelisk and Temple (Illustration)

Illustration

by Getty Museum
published on 11 July 2018

Ivory Token Depicting Egyptian Obelisk and Temple — This 1st Century CE ivory token depicts an Egyptian-style obelisk and temple, probably located in the Alexandrian suburb of Nikopolis. The token was probably produced in Roman Egypt and is now part of the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum.

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