Model basin
Gallery Location
Not on View
Medium
Wood, carved and painted
Geography
Excavated at Deir el-Bahri, Egypt
Date
c. 2055-2004 BC
Period
Reign of Mentuhotep II, 11th Dynasty, Middle Kingdom
Dimensions
1.7 × 4.2 × 4.7 cm
Object number
907.18.726
Cataloguer
Rexine Hummel
ROM Departmental Associate, 2008-present
Cataloguer
Steven B. Shubert
ROM Research Associate, 2008-2022
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: Ancient Egypt & Nubia
Description
Part of a wooden tomb model of a type popular in undecorated tombs during the First Intermediate Period and Middle Kingdom. This wooden model is a shallow basin. It is roughly carved in a squarish shape and is coated with a dark brown almost black paint. The interior has a shallow depression. The base is rounded. The shape and colour suggest it may represent a cooking implement.
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