Head Rest

E12329

From: Egypt | Upper Egypt | Memphis (Egypt)

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E12329
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Upper Egypt | Memphis (Egypt)
Period Eighteenth Dynasty | New Kingdom
Date Made 1390-1190 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Wood
Inscription Language Hieroglyphic
Description

Base of a wooden headrest. The top is now missing. The base is decorated with fluting and a single column of hieroglyphs. On either side are incised images of the god Bes.

Height 6.6 cm
Width 27.5 cm
Depth 8.6 cm

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