Head Rest
E12329
From: Egypt | Upper Egypt | Memphis (Egypt)
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
| Object Number | E12329 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Egypt | Upper Egypt | Memphis (Egypt) |
| Period | Eighteenth Dynasty | New Kingdom |
| Date Made | 1390-1190 BCE |
| Section | Egyptian |
| Materials | Wood |
| Inscription Language | Hieroglyphic |
| Description | Base of a wooden headrest. The top is now missing. The base is decorated with fluting and a single column of hieroglyphs. On either side are incised images of the god Bes. |
| Height | 6.6 cm |
| Width | 27.5 cm |
| Depth | 8.6 cm |
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