Digital Giza | Half of limestone food offering case for joint of meat

[Half of] limestone offering case for leg of beef [other half is MMA_37.6.5a]; yellow wash inside and out; three pieces. Illustration: Yes

ID

MMA_37.6.5b
Department

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Classification

Tomb equipment-Models
Findspot

Pit G 2385 A (assumed to be associated with mastaba G 2374), debris in shaft
Material

Limestone
Dimensions

Height: 10 cm Width: 22.5 cm Length: 55 cm
Credit Line

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1937
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts excavation number

HUMFA_12-12-75
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number

MFAB_13.4309
Object Ownership Information

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, MMA_37.6.5b; deaccessioned MFAB_13.4309
Period

Old Kingdom, First half of Dynasty 6
Date of Register Entry

12/10/1912
Object owned by

Metropolitan Museum of Art
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_13.4309). 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_37.6.5a + MMA_37.6.5b: HUMFA_12-12-74 = MFAB_13.4308 (deaccessioned) + HUMFA_12-12-75 = MFAB_13.4309 (deaccessioned)
Problems/Questions

MFA accession number verified

Half of limestone food offering case for joint of meat