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Cane, cow-headed serpent

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Glass, Ptolemaic Period–Roman Period
Egyptian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan 1917
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Title: Cane, cow-headed serpent
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Glass, Ptolemaic Period–Roman Period.

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