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Description: | Pottery offering tray with spout, square. Label with number 93 (seems to be a lot number). Purchased by Wellcome at auction in 1934. Trays such as these were placed above the grave of the deceased. It is thought that water would be poured over the tray and a 'spell' recited. The water then would trickle over the pottery food on the (drainage channels are evident on some trays) tray and down onto the grave. The tray would thus provide food for the dead. Such trays usually date from the First Intermediate Period to the Middle Kingdom (2181-1650 BC). | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Rights holder: | University of Swansea, Egypt Centre | Subjects: | [none] | Temporal: | 2181 B.C.-1650 B.C.
First Intermediate Period - Middle Kingdom
Middle Kingdom | Source: | Egypt Centre | Identifier: | http://www.egyptcentre.org.uk/index.asp?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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