Upper half of limestone food offering case for goose
Upper part of limestone offering case for goose (cf. 12-12-113) [lower half is MMA_37.6.3a]; yellow wash inside and out; whole, head bruised.
Illustration: Yes
Details
- ID
- MMA_37.6.3b
- Alternate IDs
- 37.6.3b; MMA_37.6.3b; HUMFA_12-12-114; 12-12-114; MFAB_13.4314; 13.4314
- Department
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Classification
- Tomb equipment-Models
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6, probably reign of Pepi I
- Entry Date
- 12/11/1912
- Title
- Upper half of limestone food offering case for goose
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Height: 9 cm Width: 20.5 cm Length: 29 cm
- Credit Line
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1937
- Provenance
- Pit G 2381 Z
- 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_13.4314). Deaccessioned by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, by exchange in 1937.
- Remarks
- MMA_37.6.3a + MMA_37.6.3b: HUMFA_12-12-119 = MFAB_13.4318 (deaccessioned) + HUMFA_12-12-114 = MFAB_13.4314 (deaccessioned)
- Problems/Questions
- MFA and MMA accession numbers verified