Small Round Lidded Basket

New Kingdom
ca. 1492–1473 B.C.
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 116
This small, round basket is made of halfa grass coils with the design created using grass dyed black and red. The linen cord at the top is probably there to help remove the tightly fitting lid. The basket may have held jewelry originally, but contained only one blue faience bead when it was opened. The basket was found inside another basket (36.3.59) from Hatnefer's tomb (36.3.1).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Small Round Lidded Basket
  • Period: New Kingdom
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
  • Reign: reign of Thutmose II–Early Joint reign
  • Date: ca. 1492–1473 B.C.
  • Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Hatnefer and Ramose (below TT 71), Inside 36..59a, b (Basket "O"), MMA excavations, 1935–36
  • Medium: Halfa grass, palm leaf, linen cord
  • Dimensions: Overall: H. 10 cm (3 15/16 in.)
    Basket: H. 7 cm (2 3/4 in.); Diam. 11 cm (4 5/16 in.)
    Lid: Diam. 8.8 cm (3 7/16 in.)
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1936
  • Object Number: 36.3.60
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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