Food Case Probably Containing a Preserved Pigeon
Object type: Food, case, pigeon, duck, goose, mummy
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Early Dynasty 18
Date: ca. 1550–1479 B.C.
Medium: Wood, plaster, bitumen
Dimensions: L. 20.5 cm (8 1/16 in.); W. 11 cm (4 5/16 in.); H. 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.); D. 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.); Th. 2 cm (13/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Royal Cache Valley
Locale: Burial of Prince Amenemhat (MMA 1021)
Locus: inside or near entrance
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1918–19
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1919
Accession year: 1919
Tags: Pigeons