Toilet Box
Object Number:
E7519
Current Location:
Collections storage
Culture:
Meroitic
Provenience:
Egypt
Nubia
Karanog
Locus:
G 45
Date Made:
100 BC-AD 300
Early Date:
-100
Late Date:
300
Section:
Egyptian
Materials:
Wood
Ivory
Technique:
Inlaid
Iconography:
lion
sphinx
woman
Description:
Casket with Lid. wood, inlaid ivory.
Restored and reconstructed; hinged lid attached not separate OB 2/96
Height:
28.1cm
Width:
26.9cm
Depth:
23.1cm
Credit Line:
Coxe Expedition to Nubia, Karanog, Aniba Cemetery
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997)
Bibliography:
[Book] Adams, William Y. et al. 2003. Nubia Los reinos del Nilo en Sudan. 321 p. : Page/Fig./Plate: 211/148
[Book] Silverman, David P. 1997. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum. : Page/Fig./Plate: 300-01
[Book] O'Connor, David. 1993. Ancient Nubia: Egypt's Rival in Africa. : Page/Fig./Plate: 153/127
[Book] Woolley, C. Leonard; D. Randall-Maciver. 1910. Karanog; the Romano-Nubian Cemetery (plates). Eckley B. Coxe Junior Expedition to Nubia, Vol. IV. : Page/Fig./Plate: 69 / plate 24
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