Food case, made of alabaster, in the shape of a bird. From Egypt, of the 20th – 19th c. BCE. Housed at the Israel museum, nr. 94.35.37 [2048 x 1365]
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Food case, made of alabaster, in the shape of a bird. From Egypt, of the 20th – 19th c. BCE. Housed at the Israel museum, nr. 94.35.37 [2048 x 1365]
by -introuble2
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the museum’s description is giving the title ‘Duck-shaped food case for a trussed bird’, in [https://www.imj.org.il/en/collections/332401-0](https://www.imj.org.il/en/collections/332401-0)
photo by Gary Todd in [https://www.flickr.com/photos/101561334@N08/43170304632/](https://www.flickr.com/photos/101561334@N08/43170304632/)
Needs to be repatriated. I wonder if its microwaveable.
Is it a lunchbox? Or for protecting the food on the way home from the market?