Soul house
- Accession Number
- EA36374
- Current Location
- House of Death (ground floor), Offerings case
- Object Type
- Religious or cult object, Soul house
- Periods
- First Intermediate Period to Middle Kingdom
- Material
- Pottery
- Number of Elements
- 1
- Culture
- Egyptian
- Measurements
- Height: 122mm | Length: 333mm | Width: 225mm
Licensing details
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- Description
-
A pottery soul house with square doorway containing four piercings through the architrave. It dates to the First Intermediate Period–Middle Kingdom. On long-term loan since 2005 from the British Museum who acquired it in 1902 from the Rev. Chauncey Murch who had purchased it from the dealer Mohammed Mohassib.
- Bibliography
-
Goodridge, Wendy R. & Stuart J. Williams 2005. Offerings from The British Museum. Swansea: The Egypt Centre. [p. 18]
- Previous Owners
- The British Museum | Mohammed Mohassib (1843–1928) | Rev. Chauncey Murch (1856–1907)
- Acquisition
- Long-term loan, The British Museum (04 Apr 2005)
