Circular Basket with Conical Lid
Object type: Basket, hemisphere, conical lid
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Halfa grass, dyed grass, linen cord
Dimensions: H. 17 cm (6 11/16 in); diam. 28 cm (11 in)
H. of basket only 12.8 cm (5 1/16 in)
D. of lid 16 cm (6 5/16 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Locale: below the Tomb of Senenmut (TT 71)
Locus: burial 2
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1935–36
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1936
Accession year: 1936