Mirror


Accession Number
EA37174
Current Location
House of Life (first floor), Body adornment case
Object Type
Implements and utensils, Cosmetic and medical equipment and implements, Mirror
Period
Middle Kingdom
Material
Metals/alloys (Copper alloy)
Number of Elements
1
Culture
Egyptian
Divine Name
Hathor
Measurements
Length: 224mm | Width: 114mm | Depth: 24mm

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Description

An oblate copper alloy mirror with a handle topped with a Hathor head. Likely dating to the Middle Kingdom. On long-term loan from the British Museum who acquired it in 1875 from Miss Selima Harris. It was previously part of the collection of Anthony Charles Harris.

Bibliography

Goodridge, Wendy R. & Stuart J. Williams 2005. Offerings from The British Museum. Swansea: The Egypt Centre. [p. 20] Lilyquist, Christine 1979. Ancient Egyptian mirrors from the earliest times through the Middle Kingdom. Münchner Ägyptologische Studien 27; Münchener Universitätsschriften, Philosophische Fakultät für Geschichts- und Kunstwissenschaften. München; Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag.