| Object Number |
E10311 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Provenience |
Sudan | Nubia | Buhen |
| Locus |
H25 |
| Period |
New Kingdom |
| Date Made |
1539 - 1075 BCE |
| Section |
Egyptian |
| Materials |
Bronze |
| Description |
The bronze mirror features a nude female figure as its handle. She is depicted holding the umbels of what appears to be a papyriform capital resting upon her head. |
| Height |
17.14 cm |
| Length |
9.53 cm |
| Width |
1.27 cm |
| Credit Line |
The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Nubia, Buhen; D. Randall-MacIver and C. L. Wooley, 1910 |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
| 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. 49-50 ft. 8. |
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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. 18; p. 21 ft. 31; p. 24; p. 37 and ft. 5; p. 41 ft. 19; p. 54 ft. 75; p. 74; p. 124- |
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| Ranke, Hermann. "A Guide to the Egyptian Collections." The University Museum Bulletin 15, no. 2-3. (1950): 21-109. See: p. 76, fig. 48 |
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| Randall-MacIver, David, and Charles L. Woolley. The Eckley B. Coxe Junior Expedition to Nubia: Vol. VIII, Buhen (plates). Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1911. See: plate 62 |
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