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New Kingdom
This small, round basket is made of halfa grass coils with the design created using grass dyed black and red. The linen cord at the top is probably there to help remove the tightly fitting lid. The basket may have held jewelry originally, but contained only one blue faience bead when it was opened. The basket was found inside another basket (36.3.59) from Hatnefer's tomb (36.3.1).
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Title: Small Round Lidded Basket
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
Reign: reign of Thutmose II–Early Joint reign
Date: ca. 1492–1473 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Hatnefer and Ramose (below TT 71), Inside 36..59a, b (Basket "O"), MMA excavations, 1935–36
Medium: Halfa grass, palm leaf, linen cord
Dimensions:
Overall: H. 10 cm (3 15/16 in.)
Basket: H. 7 cm (2 3/4 in.); Diam. 11 cm (4 5/16 in.)
Lid: Diam. 8.8 cm (3 7/16 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1936
Object Number: 36.3.60
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