Ivory gaming reed
Ivory gaming reed
Dynasty
Dynasty 19
(Ancient Egyptian, 1295–1186 BCE)
Period
New Kingdom Period
(Ancient Egyptian, 1550–1070 BCE)
Place of OriginEgypt, Balabish necropolis, Tomb 72
Date19th Dynasty (1295-1186 BCE)
Dimensions2 7/8 × 11/16 in. (7.3 × 1.7 cm)
Mediumivory
ClassificationUtilitarian Objects
Credit LineGift of the Egypt Exploration Society
Object number
1915.90A
Not on View
DescriptionIvory.
Label TextThese thin ivory strips (1915.90A-C) were originally part of a decorated wooden box, a type of personal furnishing often buried with the dead. They were found in Tomb 72 at Balabish, a cemetery excavated in 1915 by the Egypt Exploration Fund on behalf of American museums. The tomb dates to the 19th Dynasty, a time when such cosmetic and grooming equipment was regularly included in burial assemblages. Balabish yielded over 240 graves, providing a wide view into funerary practices across different social levels in ancient Egypt.Comparative ReferencesSee also Posener, Georges, Encyclopedia of Egyptian Civilization, New York, Tudor Publishing Company, 1959, repr. p. 97.
Dynasty 18
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18-Roman Period
Edo Period (1603-1868)
Edo Period (1603-1868)
400-300 BCE
about 2040 BCE
18th century BCE
Late 6th century BCE
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