Basin, from basin and ewer set ca. 2465–2323 Old Kingdom This basin is from a set that also included a ewer () and would have been used for hand washing. Since all excavated examples come from tombs, it is likely that their primary purpose was for ritual purification. Two such sets can be seen in the Tomb of Perneb (), in a relief representing the funerary Basin, from basin and ewer set. ca. 2465–2323 Arsenical copper, surface enriched in arsenic. Old Kingdom. From Egypt. Dynasty 5 (?)

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