Basket
Object type: Basket, lid, Meritamun
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Amenhotep I
Date: ca. 1525–1504 B.C.
Medium: Palm leaf
Dimensions: H. 45 cm (17 11/16 in); w. 55 cm (21 5/8 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Tomb of Meritamun (TT 358, MMA 65)
Locus: corridor
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1928–29
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1930
Accession year: 1930