Cylindrical Coil Basket and Lid
Object type: Basket, coil, lid
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 11
Date: ca. 2124–2000 B.C.
Medium: Grasses
Dimensions: Basket: H. 10.6 cm (4 6/16 in.); Diam. 11 cm (4 5/16 in.)
Lid: H. 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.); Diam. 13 cm (5 1/8 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif
Locale: Tomb MMA 839
Locus: to right of tomb door
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1929–30
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1931
Accession year: 1931