Half of limestone food offering case for joint of meat
[Half of] limestone offering case for leg of beef, [fits 12-12-79]; yellow wash inside and out; eight pieces.
Illustration: Yes
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_12-12-73
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_12-12-73; 12-12-73
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Tomb equipment-Models
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6
- Entry Date
- 12/10/1912
- Title
- Half of limestone food offering case for joint of meat
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Height: 10.5 cm Width: 23.5 cm Length: 55 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. 26c.
- Remarks
- G 2385 A first excavated in 1912 and reexcavated in 1935.
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified