AN EGYPTIAN STONE RITUAL SET
OLD KINGDOM, 5TH-6TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 2494-2181 B.C.
AN EGYPTIAN STONE RITUAL SET OLD KINGDOM, 5TH-6TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 2494-2181 B.C. Comprising a trapezoidal limestone tray, cut with seven depressions to hold two alabaster and limestone dummy vases each with piriform body and long everted neck, two limestone and two alabaster dummy cups each of conical form, and a red quartzite fishtail pesesh-kef instrument at the centre, for the ceremony of the 'Opening of the Mouth' Tray: 9 x 6 ¼ in. (23 x 15.8 cm.) Pesesh - kef : 5 ¾ in. (14.6 cm.) long
AN EGYPTIAN STONE RITUAL SET
OLD KINGDOM, 5TH-6TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 2494-2181 B.C.
AN EGYPTIAN STONE RITUAL SET OLD KINGDOM, 5TH-6TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 2494-2181 B.C. Comprising a trapezoidal limestone tray, cut with seven depressions to hold two alabaster and limestone dummy vases each with piriform body and long everted neck, two limestone and two alabaster dummy cups each of conical form, and a red quartzite fishtail pesesh-kef instrument at the centre, for the ceremony of the 'Opening of the Mouth' Tray: 9 x 6 ¼ in. (23 x 15.8 cm.) Pesesh - kef : 5 ¾ in. (14.6 cm.) long
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