Upper half of limestone food offering case for goose
Upper part of limestone offering case for goose [lower part is MMA_37.6.2a]; yellow wash inside and out; head bruised.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:10
Details
- ID
- MMA_37.6.2b
- Alternate IDs
- 37.6.2b; MMA_37.6.2b; HUMFA_12-12-46; 12-12-46; MFAB_13.3477; 13.3477
- Department
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Classification
- Tomb equipment-Models
- Period
- Old Kingdom, First half of Dynasty 6
- Entry Date
- 12/10/1912
- Title
- Upper half of limestone food offering case for goose
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Width: 24 cm Length: 35.5 cm
- Credit Line
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1937
- Provenance
- Pit G 2385 A (assumed to be associated with mastaba G 2374), debris in sloping shaft
- Notes
- Excavated by the Harvard-Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expediton in Giza, 1912. Received from the Egyptian Government by the MFA in the allotment of finds (MFAB_13.3477). Deaccessioned by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, by exchange in 1937.
- Remarks
- G 2385 A first excavated in 1912 and reexcavated in 1935. MMA_37.6.2a + MMA_37.6.2b: HUMFA_12-12-56 = MFA B_13.3486 (deaccessioned) + HUMFA_12-12-46 = MFAB_13.3477 (deaccessioned)
- Problems/Questions
- MFA and MMA accession numbers verified