Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · cosmetic_object

Mirror Middle KingdomBalabish, Egypt

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. X249.50. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: X249.50
Find spot: Balabish, Egypt, Egypt
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Date: ca. 1938–1759 B.C.E.
Date range: 1938 BCE – 1759 BCE
Materials: ['Copper alloy']
Height: 15.6 cm
Width: 15.3 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Mirror (X249.50). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/32893

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Caption: Mirror, ca. 1938–1759 B.C.E.. Copper alloy, 6 1/8 × 6 × 1/16 in. (15.6 × 15.3 × 0.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X249.50. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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Materials Copper Alloy

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BKM-Accession X249.50 tier-2
BKM-Object 119448 tier-2

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