Limestone food offering case for ovoid cake (?)
[Fragmentary] limestone offering case for ovoid cake (?), consists of two parts which appear to fit; yellow wash inside and out; one part: three pieces, incomplete; other part: two pieces, incomplete.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:10
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_12-12-67
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_12-12-67; 12-12-67
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Tomb equipment-Models
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6
- Entry Date
- 12/10/1912
- Title
- Limestone food offering case for ovoid cake (?)
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Height: 11 cm (5 cm + 6 cm) Width: 24 cm Length: 32 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
- Remarks
- G 2385 A first excavated in 1912 and reexcavated in 1935.
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified