Mirror Handle
| Object Number: | E10312 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Sudan Nubia Buhen |
| Locus: | H60 |
| Period: | New Kingdom Eighteenth Dynasty |
| Date Made: | 1539-1292 BCE |
| Early Date: | -1539 |
| Late Date: | -1292 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Bronze |
| Iconography: | Nude Woman Fruit Headdress |
| Height: | 20.32 cm |
| Width: | 11.43 cm |
| Credit Line: | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Nubia, Buhen; D. Randall-MacIver and C. L. Wooley, 1910 |
Description
Mirror with a handle in the shape of a nude woman. The woman carries a piece of fruit in her hands. There is a hole drilled in the headdress of the figure for the attachment of the reflecting disc.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Upper Egyptian Gallery (1983 - 1991) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Wegner, Jennifer H., and Wegner, Josef W. 2015. The Sphinx That Traveled To Philadelphia.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Press. pg. 239 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 17/1.27A | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Silverman, David P. 1997. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum.. Cornell University Press. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 228-29 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Woolley, Charles L., and Randall-MacIver, David. 1911. The Eckley B. Coxe Junior Expedition to Nubia: Vol. VIII, Buhen (plates).. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: plate 62 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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