Tomb Relief Fragment (Painted)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Nov 1964
name: label: Donor Name
content: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Shows fowl in basket; XI Dynasty. Exhibit, Hall 26, 1976."
label: Notes
content: From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Tomb relief fragment of fowl in a basket 160-2066 B.C. Egyptians considered fowl a required offering to nourish the deceased in the tomb. This fragment probably came from an offering table scene.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Egyptian, Middle Kingdom Period, Dynasty XI
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 257506
label: USNM Number
content: A439997-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Relief