Patera dish

These fragments of ancient Egyptian dish are interesting for their association with famous people and events. They are reputed to have been "discovered in the tomb of Psammuthis at Thebes (with the celebrated sarcophagus of Belzoni) in 1818".

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
27/1994/2
Category
Antiquities
Collection Class
Foreign archaeology
Collection Area Region
North Africa
Collector Excavator
Belzoni, G
Material
stonealabaster
Common Name
patera dish
Simple Name
patera

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ex-Belzoni