From the tomb of the three minor wives of Thutmose lll in the
Wady Gabbanat el-Qurud, Thebes
This funerary ogject belonged to one of three foreign (Semitic) wives of Thutmose lll, Maruta, Manhata, and Manuwai. Maruta may, in fact, be the hieroglyphic version of the familiar Hebrew name Marta. The mirror was discovered, together with vessels and other objects, in a rock-cut cave situated high up in the desert mountain cliffs of the Wady Gabbanat el-Qurud in western Thebes. The face with cow’s ears on this mirror is an emblem of Hathor, the goddess of beauty. Metropolitan Museum of Art. NYC. Source: Glenn Gulley; Flickr.
