Shell Dish Used for Grinding Cosmetics (?)

Second Intermediate Period–Early New Kingdom

ca. 1635–1458 B.C.

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 114

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Title: Shell Dish Used for Grinding Cosmetics (?)
Period: Second Intermediate Period–Early New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 17–Early Dynasty 18
Date: ca. 1635–1458 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Courtyard CC 41, Tomb R 8, Burial B 1, In coffin, MMA excavations, 1915–16
Medium: Bivalve
Dimensions: L. 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1916
Object Number: 16.10.336
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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