bowl
- Museum number
- EA47992
- Description
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Steatite bowl with relief decoration of a musical procession towards an image of Hathor.
- Production date
- 500BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 13.50 centimetres
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Height: 7 centimetres
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Weight: 0.80 kilograms
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
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cf. Manniche, Music and Musicians in Ancient Egypt: 60, pl.9
Vleeming, Studia Demotica 5, No. 25, p. 11.
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Published in 'BMQ' 29/1-2 (1964/65), pp.19-21' ref to in 'JEA' 63 (1977), p.189 and Anderson: 'Catalogue of musical instruments in the British Museum', p.8.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2017-2018, 13 Sep-15 Jan, Lens, Louvre, Musiques et sons antiques
- Condition
- good
- Acquisition date
- 1926
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA47992
- Registration number
- 1926,0508.149
