Mortar
- Accession Number
- EC142
- Current Location
- In storage
- Object Type
- Implements and utensils, Cosmetic and medical equipment and implements, Mortar
- Material
- Metals/alloys (Copper alloy)
- Number of Elements
- 1
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- Description
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Possible copper alloy mortar with spout, Unknown date, though stone examples with projections (see EC134, EC137, EC140, and EC141) seem to date from the Twenty-sixth Dynasty to the Graeco-Roman Period. Purchased by Wellcome at auction in 1906 from the collection of Robert de Rustafjaell.
- Other Identity
- 883 (rectangular serrated label)
- Previous Owners
- Robert de Rustafjaell (1859–1943) | Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936)
- Acquisition
- Long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
- Last modified: 06 Dec 2020