Upper half of limestone food offering case for goose
Upper part of limestone offering case for goose (cf. 12-12-48, but with hollow for head inside); yellow wash inside and out; three pieces.
Illustration: No
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_12-12-49
- Alternate IDs
- 12-12-49; HUMFA_12-12-49
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Tomb equipment-Models
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6
- Entry Date
- 12/10/1912
- Title
- Upper half of limestone food offering case for goose
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Width: 26.5 cm Length: 38 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Pit G 2385 A (assumed to be associated with mastaba G 2374), debris in sloping shaft
- Bibliography
- D'Auria, Sue, Peter Lacovara, and Catharine H. Roehrig. Mummies & Magic: The Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1988, pp. 93-94, cat. 26. Smith, William Stevenson. Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1960 (6th ed.), p. 67.
- Remarks
- G 2385 A first excavated in 1912 and reexcavated in 1935.
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
