Box for Unguents of King TutankhamunThis double-sided ointment container of gold-plated wood is inla
Box for Unguents of King TutankhamunThis double-sided ointment container of gold-plated wood is inlaid with colored glass paste. Each side is composed of two inward-facing cartouches containing the figure of the king squatting on the Heb, or festival, sign. The four images of the king differ slightly and have been interpreted as showing him in different stages of his life. The lid is adorned with the sun disk and double plumes; the base is plated with silver and decorated with a frieze of Ankh, or life, signs.From the Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62), Valley of the Kings, West Thebes. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 61496 -- source link
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