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View full screenCircular, domed mirror of copper with a tinned surface, for insertion into the base of a mirror case, excavated by Petrie: Ancient Egyptian, Hawara, Middle Egypt, Roman Period, c100-140 AD
A.1911.210.4 C
Unknown
Hawara, Middle Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa
Roman Period
Ancient Egyptian
Hawara, Middle Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa
Excavator: Petrie, William Matthew Flinders, Professor Sir, 1853 - 1942
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Petrie: 'Roman Portraits' p 20.
Walker S., Bierbrier M., ANCIENT FACES : Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt, (London: British Museum Press), 1997, cat. 64, p.83
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