| Object Number |
E9306 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Provenience |
Egypt | Abydos |
| Locus |
166 |
| Period |
Eighteenth Dynasty | New Kingdom |
| Date Made |
1539-1292 BCE |
| Section |
Egyptian |
| Materials |
Bronze |
| Description |
The caryatid bronze mirror features a nude female figure, her feet together upon a small metal plaque. Her arms are resting on the sides of her sinuous body, and a large papyriform capital appears to sit upon her head. |
| Height |
17.14 cm |
| Width |
9.53 cm |
| Depth |
1.27 cm |
| Credit Line |
Distribution from the Egyptian Research Account, 1900 |
| Other Number |
AES 1997 - Other Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
| Lilyquist, Christine, Janet Richards, and Zahi Hawass. "Reflections on Mirrors." The archaeology and art of ancient Egypt: essays in honor of David B. O'Connor . (2007): 95-109. See: p. 97, ft. 17 (on p. 103). |
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| Derriks, Claire. Les Miroirs Cariatides Egyptiens en Bronze: Typologie, Chronologie et Symbolique. Mainz: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 2001. See: p. 17 ft. 9; p. 26-7; p. 38; p. 39 ft. 9; p. 54 ft. 75; p. 74; p. 158. |
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| Derriks, Claire, and Hedvig Gyory. "Les Miroirs Cariatides: Une Forme Aboutie dans l'Histoire de la Statuaire Féminine en Bronze." Bulletin du Musée Hongrois des Beaux-Arts, Supplement 1 . (2001): 49-56. See: p. 49 ft. 3. |
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