Upper half of limestone food offering case for round cake
Upper part of limestone offering case for round cake (cf. 12-12-63, but hollow slightly more pronounced), may belong to 12-12-63; yellow wash inside and out; four pieces.
Illustration: Yes
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_12-12-65
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_12-12-65; 12-12-65
- 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 round cake
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Height: 4 cm Diameter: 28.8 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 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. 26e. Markowitz, Yvonne J., Joyce L. Haynes, and Rita E. Freed. Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids: Highlights from the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition. Boston: MFA Publications, 2002, p. 118, cat. 51b.
- Remarks
- G 2385 A first excavated in 1912 and reexcavated in 1935.
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified