Egyptian clay soul house, or offering tray

An image of Clay offering tray. Model house. Production Place/Find Spot: Egypt. 'Soul house'; these models provide a dwelling space for the soul of the deceased. It also provides food offerings, such as bread and joints of meat, which can be seen lying on the floor of the courtyard. There are stairs on the exterior to allow access to the upper floor. Ceramic, clay, handmade, depth 10.7 cm, length 41 cm, width 28 cm,
2160 to 2055 B.C. First Intermediate Period.

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Clay offering tray. Model house. Production Place/Find Spot: Egypt. 'Soul house'; these models provide a dwelling space for the soul of the deceased. It also provides food offerings, such as bread and joints of meat, which can be seen lying on the floor of the courtyard. There are stairs on the exterior to allow access to the upper floor. Ceramic, clay, handmade, depth 10.7 cm, length 41 cm, width 28 cm, 2160 to 2055 B.C. First Intermediate Period.

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Accession Number: E.15.1950
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 63
Camera: GFX 50S
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 768 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 104.22kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2019:01:22 04:39:42

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Ancient Egypt antiquity BC clay courtyard Egyptian First Intermediate Period Fitz_ANT hand built hand formed handmade homes houses model model house offering tray offerings soul house souls stairs steps tray

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