Accession No
1932.476 C
Description
Mirror handle in form of nude woman, lower torso, upper kegs and half head and left shoulder remain only in two fragments.
Place
Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Matmar
Period
New Kingdom XIX
Source
Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [monetary donor]; Brunton, Guy [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1932.476 C; 31/894 [Excavation No.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ivory
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (References)
Brunton, Guy. (1948). British Museum Expedition to Middle Egypt 1929-1931 Matmar. Bernard Quaritch Ltd: London. p. 66. pl. LIII.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Display)
Accompanied by an old display label which reads 'IVORY MIRROR HANDLES XIX DYNASTY from MATMAR'.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (References)
Found in deposit 894 and excavated by Guy Brunton in 1931.
Event Date 1931
Author: maa
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Forms part of a deposit of ancient bones, including hippopotamus, apparently associated with the cult of Seth.
Event Date 1932
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
Mirror handle in form of nude woman, lower torso, upper kegs and half head and left shoulder remain only in two fragments.
Event Date 1932
Author: maa
FM:36587
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