Caryatid mirror
From Sudan, Semna, from a cache found in fill beneath the Taharqa temple, New Kingdom, early to mid Dynasty 18, 1539-1425 B.C.E.
Bronze, Height x width of disc: 22.5 x 12.2 cm (8 7/8 x 4 13/16 in.)
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition 1928, MFA #29.1197
"Bronze mirror with a handle in the form of a nude girl wearing a collar and girdle. The figure's upraised arms support an open papyrus umbel."(From the museum website)
Right mirror:
Mirror with Bes-image
From Sudan, Semna, Room BN
New Kingdom, early to mid Dynasty 18, 1539-1425 B.C.E.
Bronze and wood, Height x width of disc: 22.1 x 11.25 cm (8 11/16 x 4 7/16 in.)
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition 1929, MFA #29.1198
"Bronze disc with wooden handle carved in form of Bes standing on papyrus column. Disc rivetted into handle. (Cleaned in the field)."(From the museum website)
Photos © Joan Ann Lansberry
