Conical loaf of bread
Object type: Food, bread loaf
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 11
Date: ca. 2030–1640 B.C.
Medium: Organic material
Dimensions: L. 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Temple of Mentuhotep II
Locus: foundation deposit, SE corner
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920–22
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Accession year: 1922