Mirror
- Hilton Price Number
- HP4057
- Object Type
- Implements and utensils, Cosmetic and medical equipment and implements, Mirror
- Period
- Byzantine Period
- Materials
- Glass | Stone/minerals (Chalk)
- Provenance
- Egypt, Thebes/Luxor
- Measurements
- Diameter: 3¼ inches
- Number of Elements
- 1
- Culture
- Egyptian
Licensing details
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- Description
-
Mirror, composed of a circular piece of chalk, with a piece of glass (looking glass) let into the centre. Dia. 3¼ in. Late Coptic (?). Thebes.
- Bibliography
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Price, Frederick George Hilton (1909) A catalogue of the Egyptian antiquities in the possession of F. G. Hilton Price, Dir.S.A. Vol. II. London: Bernard Quaritch. Anonymous (1911). Catalogue of the important and extensive collection of Egyptian antiquities, the property of the late F. G. Hilton-Price, Esq. [...] : which will be sold by auction by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge [...] on Wednesday, 12th July, 1911, and two following days, and on Monday, the 17th of July, and four following days. London: Davy.
- Former Owner
- Frederick George Hilton Price (1842–1909)
- Last modified: 11 Jul 2021