Semi-circular wooden object, largely in black with a white semicircular band surrounding a solid white semicircle. This design is punctuated by red and black dots. A very small hole is present on the flat edge of the semicircle. This object continues onto the other side, with a red band at the base. This object appears to bear a similarity to a mirror case carried by a female offering bearer in the "Bersha Procession" from the Tomb of Djehuty-nakht, now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: 21.236. This is one of a number of objects that have previously been catalogued under a single entry: 'E.172.1903'. The collection of items all appear to derive from funerary models, and are each elements found within individual scenes, but they are not from the same model, and possibly do not derive from a single site.
Vase
Height: 3.5 cm
Width: 3.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1903)
Accession number: E.172j.1903
Primary reference Number: 317501
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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