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Description: | These glass tesserae have a gold backing and are set in plaster. They may have formed part of a wall mosaic. They were found at the city of Alexandria on the Mediterranean coast. Alexandria was the capital of Egypt during the Ptolemaic (about 332-30 BC) and Roman (about 30 BC-AD 395) periods. Alexandria was a major glass making centre at this time.
Material: glass
Material: plaster | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.worldarchaeology.21283 | Go to resource |
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