Model cucumber
Object type: Model cucumber
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12, late–13 to 1700 B.C.
Date: ca. 1850–1700 B.C.
Medium: Faience
Dimensions: l. 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North
Locale: south of Tomb of Nakht (493), south cemetery
Locus: Pit 453
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1913–14
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1915
Accession year: 1915
Tags: Vegetables