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Wooden base
Egyptian
Middle Kingdom
Findspot: Egypt, Deir el-Bersha
Medium/Technique
Wood
Dimensions
13.7 x 15.3 cm and thickness approximately cm
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number15-4-416b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsModels
DescriptionFour fitted pieces of wood (not attached) making a square base for a model. Four holes, one in each corner, are filled with resin or adhesive. Evidence of red paint on thickness of outer edges. Complete.
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Deir el-Bersha,shaft 10A. 1915: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.