offering platter
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Summary
: H473
: Egyptology
: offering platter
: Dendereh
: Oval shaped pottery platter, with one end straight and the other end is broken. There is a ridge modelled near the flat end. The section at the broken end has three modelled pieces, food offerings: an ox head and some cakes or vegetables. The broken end would have contained a spout for libations. With the object there are three small bowls containing offerings of grain.
Current Location
On Display at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Egypt Gallery
: Dendara (Dendera, Dendereh), Egypt, North Africa, Africa
: 2055-1795 BC
: Middle Kingdom
: [Citation] Dendereh. pl.XIX.12.: Given by the Egypt Exploration Society, 1898.