cosmetic-spoon
- Museum number
- EA5954
- Description
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Wooden cosmetic-spoon. The bowl and upper handle are in the form of the upper half of an ankh-symbol. The rim is inlaid with egyptian blue(?) triangles, to create a floral motif.
The handle is in the form of an open-work representation of the god Bes, squatting, and flanked by papyrus-plants. Two ducks are represented above the cross-bar of the ankh.
- Dimensions
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Length: 18.70 centimetres
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Weight: 38 grammes
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Width: 1 centimetres
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Depth: 6.70 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- For such fine 'cosmetic spoons', typically found in tombs though examples have been found in temples, see Egypt’s Golden Age (exhibition catalogue, Boston, 1982): 207-15 [no.246 features two images of Bes].
- Location
- On display (G61/dc4/sC)
- Condition
- good
- Acquisition date
- 1835
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA5954
- Registration number
- .5954
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: BS.5954 (Birch Slip Number)
