This I couldn’t resist. Not food but, I adore Faience figures so enjoy this collection.
Gianluca Miniaci, Research Fellow, British Museum
Faience hippopotamus found in tomb 477 at Matmar. (EA 63713)
The British Museum has a fine collection of faience figurines made during the late Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period (c. 1800–1550 BC). I have recently completed a three-month post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan, during which time I studied and documented a total of 82 examples. Most of these glazed statuettes represent animals such as hippopotami, lions, crocodiles, baboons, cats, dogs and even hedgehogs. The corpus also includes humans, most notably dwarves and female fertility figures. Images of the deities Aha and Ipy are part animal, part human. Some of the objects are non-figurative and represent food offerings such as fruit and vegetables, as well as jars, cups and bowls.
Faience figurine of a lion attacking a calf. This is one of the items purchased by the British Museum…
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