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Summary
: H19
: Egyptology
: mirror
: Harageh
: Mirror with glazed handle. An oval metal mirror with short tang for attaching the handle. The surface is uneven and black and green in colour; it was broken into 4 pieces but has now been repaired. The handle is made from faience and is pale blue-green in colour with brown patches. the handle is made in two pieces: the part for holding which is convex with a flat bottom and an integral tang and the part near the reflective surface splays out.
Current Location
On Display at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Egypt Gallery
: Harageh, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
: Shaft tomb 124- Tomb of Itenhab in Cemetary A.
: Itenhab: 1985-1795 BC
: Middle Kingdom
: [Book] Engelbach, Reginald & Gunn, Battiscombe. 1923. Harageh.: [Book] Richards, Janet E. 2005. Society and Death in Ancient Egypt: Mortuary Landscapes of the Middle Kingdom.