Basket with Lid

Late Period

ca. 712–525 B.C.

Not on view

Found buried near a child, this small basket of palm fiber contained assorted trinkets: strings of shells, beads, and amulets of various materials; a faience finger ring; glass stud; a gold-mounted steatite scaraboid; a ball of mud containing human hair; a silver amulet wrapped in scrap of linen; two fragments of knotted string, the longer one with hair tied on one end;and a flake of red stone. The basket itself was made of palm fiber and split reeds, with decorations of red and brown patches around the edges of the lid and the mouth. The lid was fastened to the basket on opposite sides of the mouth with linen strings which were twisted together and tied into the center of the lid.

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Title: Basket with Lid
Period: Late Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 25–26
Date: ca. 712–525 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Temple of Mentuhotep II, Court, among intrusive burials, MMA excavations, 1920–22
Medium: Palm fibre, reed
Dimensions: Diam. 6 × H. 5.8 cm (2 3/8 × 2 5/16 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Object Number: 22.3.65a, b
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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