RecordBowl< 1 of 1 > Back from Qurneh, Egypt
BowlThis marble bowl is among a number of grave goods placed in the rich burial of a woman and child at Qurneh in Egypt, sometime in the 17th Dynasty. It was found within a basket containing a horn, bronze cutter, sharpening stone, flints and a ball of thread. The bowl, here pictured upside down, has an incurved rim and a base rim formed by the tails of four apes whose bodies are carved on the bowl. During the time of the burial, Egypt was politically divided, with Thebes as the centre of one of several Egyptian kingdoms. Qurneh was the burial place of the kings and queens of Thebes in the 17th Dynasty. This fact, together with the rich grave goods, suggests that the woman may have been a queen. Record detailsTo search on related items, click any linked text below.
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