cosmetic spoons

Wooden toilet spoon in form of an ankh; cross pieces formed by tied lotus flowers, the base (handle) formed of a nude girl with lute standing in a boat, the bow and stern sculpted as duck heads, among tall lotus flowers and buds. Beneath boat, zigzag lines denoting water, and two kinds of fish. Hole for cover to bowl of spoon. From the tomb of the governor Menena at Sedment, cleared in Egypt Exploration Fund excavations directed by Naville; UC14366 from same source.

Sedment

From tomb at Sedment-el-Jebel (as 14366) with scarabs of Amenhotep II and Tuthmosis III.

- UCL, Conversation Pieces, p.54. p.55
- Capart, Jean, Recueil de monuments egyptiens: cinquante planches phototypiques avec texte explicatif, II, pl.LXX

Late Dynasty 18

LDUCE-UC14365

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology