Accession No

1932.514 B


Description

A wooden mirror handle in poor condition. Decoration includes vertical incised grooves around the bottom and horizontally around the top.


Place

Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Matmar


Period

Old Kingdom V


Source

Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [monetary donor]; Brunton, Guy [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1932.514 B; 31/5331 [Excavation No.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Wood


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Field collection)
Found in tomb 5331 and excavated by Guy Brunton in 1931.
Event Date 1931
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Surface in poor condition.
Event Date 1932
Author: maa


Context (References)
Brunton, Guy. (1948). British Museum Expedition to Middle Egypt 1929-1931 Matmar. Bernard Quaritch Ltd: London. p. 31. pl. XXIV, XXXVI no. 11.
Event Date 1948
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
A wooden mirror handle in poor condition. Decoration includes vertical incised grooves around the bottom and horizontally around the top.
Event Date 1/3/2013
Author: maa


FM:36626

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