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head-rest
Object Type
head-rest
Museum number
EA30727
Description
Ivory head-rest; open-work shaft in the form of two tjet-symbols ('Isis knots').
Cultures/periods
Middle Kingdom
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Deir el-Bersha
, Said to come from the tomb of Gua (Guide to 1st Egn Rm, 43)
Materials
ivory
Dimensions
Height:
15.50 centimetres
Length:
18.40 centimetres
Weight:
545 grammes
Width:
6.70 centimetres
Curator's comments
Published: PM IV: p.187
Location
On display
(G63/dc4)
Exhibition history
2015-2016 5th Oct - 24th Jan. New York. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Middle Kingdom.
Condition
good
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
R J Moss & Co
Acquisition date
1899
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA30727
Registration number
1899,0708.5
Conservation
Treatment
: 18 Mar 2014