Limestone offering basin of Khnumu
Deep rectangular limestone offering basin; inscribed with offering formula for the "gardener" Khnumu; well preserved.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_06.1884
- Alternate IDs
- 06.1884; MFAB_06.1884
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Tomb equipment-Offering tables and basins
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5
- Entry Date
- about 2465–2323 B.C.
- Title
- Limestone offering basin of Khnumu
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Height x length x depth: 13.3 x 36.6 x 21.9 cm (5 1/4 x 14 7/16 x 8 5/8 in.)
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Mastaba G 2009, offering room
- Bibliography
- D'Auria, Sue, Peter Lacovara, and Catharine H. Roehrig. Mummies & Magic: The Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1988, p. 90, cat. 20. 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. 92, cat. 32.
- Notes
- This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 1905-1906: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1906: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
- Remarks
- Object not registered (no registration records for 1903-1904-1905-1906).