Triangular Loaf of Bread

Triangular Loaf of Bread

The bread is one of perhaps two-dozen loaves that were buried before the buildings of the funerary complex of king Mentuhotep were begun. These foundation deposits, along with the remains of a cow, were probably offerings intended for the benefit of the king and the gods. They, along with other remains, were excavated a century ago by an American expedition from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York).

Edward H. and Suzanne Trezevant Little Fund

Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 11, reign of NebhepetRe Mentuhotep (ca. 2061-2010 BCE)

Please contact the Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology at the University of Memphis.

21 x 22 x 23 cm, 3.8 cm thick

1981.1.14

Egypt, Deir el-Bahri, mortuary temple of NebhepetRe Mentuhotep