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Bowl with Floral Decoration, ca. 410 B.C.E.. Silver, 3 1/8 x Diam. 7 3/16 in. (8 x 18.3 cm)
Weight: 489.3 grams. Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 54.50.35. Creative Commons-BY.
The Persian conquest of Egypt in 525 B.C.E. led to a vogue for metalwork in the Persian style, such as these animal-shaped handles and fluted bowls with floral decorations on the base. All of these objects were discovered in Egypt; the silver pieces were discovered together with a large number of objects as an offering at a temple of a foreign goddess.