Mirror Handle

E1043B

From: Egypt | Ballas (uncertain) | Naqada (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

Object Number E1043B
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Ballas (uncertain) | Naqada (uncertain)
Period New Kingdom | Eighteenth Dynasty
Date Made 1539 - 1292 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Wood
Description

Wooden handle for the bronze mirror E1043A. Made in the shape of the "Hm" hieroglyph, with a high shoulder, thinning at the bottom before widening out to a flat base.

Height 16.4 cm
Width 4.3 cm
Thickness 3.9 cm
Credit Line Distribution from the Egyptian Research Account; William Flinders Petrie, 1895
Other Number ES 1043 - Original Number

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