Ure Museum | Database

cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/E.63.18

Accession_Number

E.63.18

Shape

Handle

Shape_description

Portion of a slight oval, cylindrical handle of a sistrum/mirror.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Egyptian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

Decoration

Grey pottery. It is inscribed on two sides. The inscription is dedicated to the 'Good god, lord of both lands, son of the Sun, Aahmes Memphis'.

Inscriptions

Condition

The fragment is intact. The ends of the fragment are tainted by a brown deposit. The inscription is very scratched on one side, with one particularly large scratch.

Technique/Style

Provenance

Memphis

Period

3rd Intermediate Period: 26 dynasty

Date

664-525

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2002.98.0244.jpg	Above view of Egyptian Mirror/Sistrum Handle.
2002.98.0245.jpg	Above view of Egyptian Mirror/Sistrum Handle.
2007.01.0115.jpg	Above view of Egyptian Mirror/Sistrum Handle.
2008.08.0075.jpg	Angle view of an Egyptian Mirror/Sistrum Terracotta handle.
2008.08.0078.jpg	Angle view of an Egyptian Mirror/Sistrum Terracotta handle.
2008.08.0081.jpg	Overhead oblique view of three objects, clockwise from left: Attic red-figure lekythos (49.4.1), Paestan red-figured stemless kylix (L.2005.7.1), inscribed Egyptian terracotta mirror handle (E.63.18).
2008.08.0153.jpg	Above view of an Egyptian Mirror/Sistrum Handle.
2008.08.0154.jpg	Top view of Egyptian Mirror/Sistrum Handle
2008.08.0157.jpg	Top view of Egyptian Mirror/Sistrum Handle
2008.08.0159.jpg	Underside view of an Egyptian Terracotta Mirror/Sistrum Handle.
2008.08.0161.jpg	Top view of Egyptian Mirror/Sistrum Handle
2008.08.0165.jpg	Top view of Egyptian Mirror/Sistrum Handle