Preserved Shoulder of Beef and Half of a Food Box

New Kingdom

ca. 1550–1479 B.C.

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 109

This preserved shoulder of beef was placed in a wooden box of the same shape (the lid is now missing). It was found with other boxes of preserved meat near the entrance of a cliff tomb in Western Thebes by the Museum's Egyptian Expedition. The boxes were intended as food offerings for the spirit of the tomb's owner who may have been a young prince named Amenemhat whose coffin was found nearby.

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Title: Preserved Shoulder of Beef and Half of a Food Box
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Early Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Ahmose I to Hatshepsut
Date: ca. 1550–1479 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Royal Cache Valley, Burial of Prince Amenemhat (MMA 1021), inside or near entrance, MMA excavations, 1918–19
Medium: Animal remains, linen
Dimensions: Dimensions of case: L. 36 cm (14 3/16 in.); W. 22 cm (8 11/16 in.); Th. 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1919
Object Number: 19.3.247
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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