Upper half of limestone food offering case for goose
Upper part of limestone offering case for goose (cf. 12-12-49, but shallow hollow) [lower part is MMA_37.6.4a]; yellow wash inside and out.
Illustration: No
Details
- ID
- MMA_37.6.4b
- Alternate IDs
- MMA_37.6.4b; 37.6.4b; HUMFA_12-12-53; 12-12-53; MFAB_13.3483; 13.3483
- 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: 18 cm Length: 27 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 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_13.3483). 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_37.6.4a + MMA_37.6.4b: HUMFA_12-12-57 = MFAB_13.4328 (deaccessioned) + HUMFA_12-12-53 = MFAB_13.3483 (deaccessioned)
- Problems/Questions
- MFA and MMA accession numbers verified