Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C. With gently curved obverse and flat reverse, section of an inlay depicting Anubis, with thick neck and beginning of extended foreleg. Cf. Stern, E., Schick-Nolte, B., Early Glass of the Ancient World, 1600 B.C.-A.D.50. Ersto Wlf Collection, 1994, p.176, no.28, for a complete reclining jackal inlay. 108 grams, 96 mm (3 3/4 in.).

Acquired on the French art market, 1980s. with Bonhams, London, 13 April 2013, lot 21. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages.