Stone mould
- Accession Number
- EC656
- Current Location
- In storage
- Object Type
- Implements and utensils, Mould
- Material
- Stone/minerals
- Number of Elements
- 1
Licensing details
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- Description
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Black stone mould. 115 x 54 x 12mm. For a collection of stone moulds and suggestions as to what they may have been used for see Lacovara et al. 2001. 'The Collector's Eye....' p99-101. Bes-like head with long beard and another long arrow-shaped motif on one side, long motif on the other side. Formerly the property of Mansoor Abd Essayid purchased by Wellcome in 1934.
- Other Identity
- (This Wellcome label was found seperate from any object and had the words 'mould: black basalt' It could belong to this mould or any other black mould in the collection, but we only have 6 basalt moulds and EC656 is the only one of the right size..)
- Auction
- Sotheby & Co.: 22–23 Oct 1934, Lot 52
- Acquisition
- Long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
