Mirror-case base

Description

Mirror-case base in turned brown wood decorated with three concentric channels near the outer edge and two near the centre mark, excavated by Petrie: Ancient Egyptian, Hawara, Middle Egypt, Roman Period, c100-140 AD

Museum reference

A.1911.210.4 B

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Mirror-case base

Production information

Unknown
Hawara, Middle Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

Roman Period

Style / Culture

Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Wood

Collection place(s)

Hawara, Middle Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Excavator: Petrie, William Matthew Flinders, Professor Sir, 1853 - 1942
British School of Archaeology in Egypt

Exhibitions

• Ancient Egypt Rediscovered (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Egyptian Mummies: Immortality in the Land of the Pharaohs (06 Oct 2007 - 24 Mar 2008)
  Landesmuseum Württenberg

• Egyptian Gallery, 2003 - 2008 (2003 - 2008)
  Royal Scottish Museum

• Ancient Egypt (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Petrie: 'Roman Portraits' p 20.

Walker S., Bierbrier M., ANCIENT FACES : Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt, (London: British Museum Press), 1997, cat. 71, p.84

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 5 »
world cultures, ancient egypt rediscovered