Inlay in the form of an Owl

Top part of a an owl hieroglyph in a hard faience with polychrome glaze. Only the head and upper part of the body and wing are preserved. The feathers are executed in blue, with the eyes and beak in yellow. Probably from a shrine.

Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664-30 BC. Made of Egyptian Faience. Now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 1971.773