Details

Object type

model granary; bottle

Place Associated

Africa, Egypt, Upper Egypt, Abydos (place found)

Materials

clay

Description

Model of a granary vessel or bottle, made of reddish clay, marked with a ‘W’ on the side and a ‘Z’ on the bottom. This may have been intended as a magical offering to the deceased; as a substitute to real food and drink to sustain them in the afterlife.

Credit Line/Donor

Gifted by the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900

ID Number

1900.126.v

Location

In storage