Large Oval Storage Basket
Object type: Basket, lid, oval, decorated
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
Reign: reign of Thutmose II–Early Joint reign
Date: ca. 1492–1473 B.C.
Medium: Halfa grass, palm leaf, linen cord
Dimensions: Basket: L. 63.5 cm (25 in.); Greatest w. 40 cm (15 3/4 in.); H. 23 cm (9 1/16 in.)
Lid: L. 56 cm (22 1/16 in.); W. 32 cm (12 5/8 in.); H. 4 cm (1 9/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Locale: Tomb of Hatnefer and Ramose (below TT 71)
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1935–36
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1936
Accession year: 1936