Spoon
Toilet Box
| Object Number: | E14199 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Egypt Sedment |
| Locus: | Tomb 2253 |
| Period: | Eighteenth Dynasty Amenhotep II New Kingdom |
| Date Made: | 1426-1400 BCE |
| Early Date: | -1426 |
| Late Date: | -1400 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Wood |
| Iconography: | Nude Female Girl Lotus Swimmer |
| Height: | 10 cm |
| Length: | 25 cm |
| Width: | 9 cm |
| Credit Line: | Distribution from the British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1921 |
Description
Cosmetic box/spoon in the shape of a nude swimming girl holding a lotus in her hands. The lotus flower forms the box and its lid is attached by means of a wooden pin. Some pigment remains.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Five Thousand Years of Vanity (06 Jan 1944 - 28 Feb 1944) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [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: 232-33 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Ranke, Hermann. 1950. "A Guide to the Egyptian Collections". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 15. no. 2-3. pg. 21-109 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 76, fig. 48 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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