Offering Table

CultureEgyptian
Titles
  • Offering Table
Date712–525 BC
MediumSandstone
Dimensions22 5/8 × 22 5/8 × 5 1/2 in.

Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan
Object number31.70
Non exposé

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Department
Antiquities
ProvenanceAndré Bircher (1838–1926), Cairo, by 1926 [1]; by inheritance to Mrs. F. Serveux, Cairo, 1926; purchased by Miss Annette Finnigan (1873–1940), Houston, by 1931; given to MFAH, 1931.

[1] Bircher Collection #667.
Exhibition HistoryLoaned to "The Egyptian Mummy: Unwrapping the Mystery," at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, Mar. 23–Sep. 17, 1989 (LN: 89.14) and Jan. 26, 1991 to Mar. 22, 1992 (LN: 91.22).
Loaned to "Mummies: The Egyptian Art of Death," at the San Antonio Museum of Art, Aug. 6, 1993–Oct. 1, 1995 and continuing on view in San Antonio until approx. July 21, 1996 (LN: 93.24).

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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