Offering Table
| Object Number: | 32-42-749 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience: | Egypt Meydum |
| Locus: | ANS30 - Tomb of Hor |
| Date Made: | 332-30 BCE |
| Early Date: | -332 |
| Late Date: | -30 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Limestone |
| Iconography: | Lotus Papyrus Flower Cartouche Bread Loaf Offering Stand Offering Table |
| Height: | 36.8 cm |
| Width: | 35.6 cm |
| Depth: | 7.6 cm |
| Credit Line: | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Meydum; Alan Rowe, 1932 |
| Other Number: | 31-12-338 - Field No SF F6 - Other Number |
Description
Limestone Offering table. Uninscribed, but decorated with a symmetical design with two cartouche-shaped water basins, two pair of lotus and papyrus flowers, an offering table, and 4 offering stands and eight round loaves. There is also a channel for liquids around the edge.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Silverman, David P. 1997. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum.. Cornell University Press. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 288-89 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] 1985. The Artifacts of Ancient Egypt.. National Museum of History, Republic of China. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 85 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Ranke, Hermann. 1950. "A Guide to the Egyptian Collections". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 15. no. 2-3. pg. 21-109 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 59 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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