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Roman Period 'cosmetic trays': UC 2451

Fragment of black steatite bowl with falcon-headed Horus on horse back in relief on interior, against background of scallops with flat rim incised with branch design (olive?). Exterior divided into compartments; two remain intact with a couchant dog (?), looking to the right, in the left, and a dromedary in the right.

UC 2451

Petrie 1927: pl. XXXIV, 26


 

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