Artificial eye of a cow or bull
- Accession Number
- W616
- Current Location
- House of Death (ground floor), Coffins case, Right
- Object Type
- Tomb equipment, Coffin/sarcophagus/cartonnage, Artificial eye
- Material
- Stone/minerals (Obsidian)
- Provenance
- Egypt
- Measurements
- Height: 48mm | Width: 73mm | Depth: 13mm
- Number of Elements
- 1
- Animal
- Bull/cow
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- Description
-
An artificial eye comprising of a pupil of a dark brown stone, probably obsidian. The size and shape of this eye suggests it comes from a cow or bull burial. The Bucheum III plate XXXVI.5 has a very similar eye.
- Bibliography
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See Berman, L.M., 'Catalogue of Egyptian Art. T 1999 for examples of artificial eyes generally and further references. Lucas and Harris, 1962, 'Ancient Egyptian Materials and Industries' Chapter 7.
- Wellcome Number
- R12593 (on side in black ink)
- Previous Owner
- Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936)
- Acquisition
- Long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
- Last modified: 18 Oct 2020