<em>Mirror Disk</em>, ca. 1938–1700 B.C.E. Bronze, 3 11/16 x 4 3/8 in. (9.4 x 11.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 13.1043. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.13.1043_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Mirror Disk, ca. 1938–1700 B.C.E. Bronze, 3 11/16 x 4 3/8 in. (9.4 x 11.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 13.1043. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.13.1043_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Mirror Disk, ca. 1938–1700 B.C.E. Bronze, 3 11/16 x 4 3/8 in. (9.4 x 11.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 13.1043. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.13.1043_13.1044_mummychamber.jpg)

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Mirror Disk

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

On View: Funerary Gallery 3, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor

Originally, the bronze disks in this case were attached to wooden handles to form mirrors. At the time of burial, the mirrors were stored in linen covers. Over the centuries, both the handles and the bags disintegrated. The smaller of these two disks still shows an impression of the linen, created by the material’s interaction with the bronze.

MEDIUM Bronze

Place Excavated: Tomb D303, Abydos, Egypt

DATES ca. 1938–1700 B.C.E.

DYNASTY Dynasty 12 to early Dynasty 13

PERIOD Middle Kingdom

DIMENSIONS 3 11/16 x 4 3/8 in. (9.4 x 11.1 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 13.1043

CREDIT LINE Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund

EXHIBITIONS

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Funerary Gallery 3, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor

CAPTION Mirror Disk, ca. 1938–1700 B.C.E. Bronze, 3 11/16 x 4 3/8 in. (9.4 x 11.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 13.1043. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.13.1043_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

IMAGE overall, CUR.13.1043_NegA_print_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2013

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