Preserved Shoulder of Beef and Half of a Food Box ca. 1550–1479 New Kingdom 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 Preserved Shoulder of Beef and Half of a Food Box. ca. 1550–1479 Animal remains, linen. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Up
Preserved Shoulder of Beef and Half of a Food Box ca. 1550–1479 New Kingdom 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 Preserved Shoulder of Beef and Half of a Food Box. ca. 1550–1479 Animal remains, linen. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Royal Cache Valley, Burial of Prince Amenemhat (MMA 1021), inside or near entrance, MMA excavations, 1918–19. Early Dynasty 18
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