Bronze Mirror
Bronze
Khorsabad
21 cm (including shank) x 14.5 cm diam.
A17522
Oriental Institute Museum
Bronze Mirror
This polished bronze mirror is an example of one of the many types of personal grooming implements found in the private homes of many ancient Mesopotamians. Other such implements included combs made from wood or ivory, and tweezers made of copper or silver.
Collected by
Gordon Loud (in charge of excavations at Khorsabad)
Excavated by The Oriental Institute 1934-1935
Multimedia
The Ancient City of Khorsabad
Dr. Gil Stein, Director of the Oriental Institute, discusses the importance of the ancient capital city of Khorsabad in this video.
Life in Ancient Mesopotamia
What was life like in ancient Mesopotamia? Find out in this video featuring Oriental Institute Assyriologist Dr. Martha Roth.
Suggested Readings
Contenau, George. Everyday Life in Babylonia and Assyria. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1966.
Parpola, Simo. Letters from Assyria and the West: The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press, 1987.
Roaf, Michael. Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East. New York: Facts on File, 1990.