Cylindrical Coil Basket with 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. 7 cm (2 3/4 in); diam. 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in)
Lid: diam. 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif
Locale: Tomb MMA 839
Locus: inside basket 31.3.50a, b
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1929–30
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1931
Accession year: 1931