Model Shell
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
The Egyptians believed they would need food and drink in the afterlife. Early Dynasty 12 burials commonly included large wooden models depicting offering bearers or people engaged in activities such as baking bread and brewing beer. Later, under Senwosret III, the large wooden models were replaced by small-scale replicas of food. These faience shells probably represented a variety of Red Sea snail, an ancient delicacy.
MEDIUM
Faience
DATES
ca. 1836–1700 B.C.E.
DYNASTY
late Dynasty 12 to early Dynasty 13
PERIOD
Middle Kingdom
ACCESSION NUMBER
82.170.3
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Peter Sharrer
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
One green glazed faience model of a helical shell.
Condition: Abrasions at and bottom and along edges with the addition of a large chip missing on the ribbing of the shell.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Model Shell, ca. 1836–1700 B.C.E. Faience, 1 3/16 x 1 7/8 in. (3 x 4.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Peter Sharrer, 82.170.3. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 82.170.3_PS9.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 82.170.3_PS9.jpg., 2017
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