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5th – 6th Dynasty, ca. 2514 – 2191 BC, From Giza, western cemetery, shaft S 344/346
Headrests and supports for the neck were everyday objects, used to prevent damage to the coiffure when a person lay down; but they also supported a mummy’s head in its coffin. When used by the living, the hard support was cushioned with a folded linen cloth or a small pillow.
Headrest
Ägyptisch
Old Kingdom
5th – 6th Dynasty, ca. 2514 – 2191 BC
Calcite
H 21 cm, B 20 cm, T 7,5 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Ägyptisch - Orientalische Sammlung
Ägyptische Sammlung, INV 7798
1914, excavated by of the Academy of Sciences, Vienna
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