Dish with Two Geese
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Object Label
Though actual ducks and geese could be mummified and included in the tomb as food offerings, more commonly plates in the form of prized food animals were buried with the deceased. This dish shows two geese with necks and bodies entwined.
Caption
Dish with Two Geese, ca. 1539–1190 B.C.E.. Steatite, 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 1 in. (20.9 x 13.9 x 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 05.312. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 05.312_front_PS2.jpg)
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Title
Dish with Two Geese
Date
ca. 1539–1190 B.C.E.
Dynasty
Dynasty 18 to Dynasty 19
Period
New Kingdom
Geography
Place made: Egypt
Medium
Steatite
Classification
Dimensions
8 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 1 in. (20.9 x 13.9 x 2.5 cm)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
05.312
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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