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In ancient Greece and Rome, bronze and marble statues adorned public palaces and the sanctuaries of gods. Over centuries, almost all the bronze statues were melted down for re-use. This is one of the very few surviving examples from Egypt. The figure is a Roman version of an earlier Greek statue. It is made of polished bronze. The eyes are silvered and the irises and pupils would have been of glass or semi-precious stone. The lips and nipples were inlaid with copper to give them a pinkish hue. The sculptor added some hair locks separately which gave them a three-dimensional quality. The statue was made of several pieces using the technique known as the indirect lost wax process. They were joined together by brazing; any imperfections were hammered out and the entire surface was polished. From Ziphteh, near ancient Athribis, Nile Delta, Egypt. 1st century BCE. (The British Museum, London)
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