The most important feature of tombs was the offering place. The offering table garanteed the owner a full supply of food and drinks in the afterlife1. Most in glaze or bronze are well detailed and uncommon. Period: from the Third Intermediate Period onwards and Late Period for the bronze examples1
Copper alloy kneeling priest pouring water over loafs and under frog
W 8.5, D 8.5, H 5.0
Ptolemaic Period
© The Trustees of the British Museum #EA64027
Grey/rose glazed steatite
with relief loaf and jug
and incised lotus on the back
H 1.8, W 1.3, T 0.4 Late Period
British Museum #EA4365
Silver with Ox-head,
trussed duck, grapes and loafs
L 2.7, H 2.6
Late Period
© 2003 Musée du Louvre/ Christian Décamps #E 32428
References
1Andrews C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, 1994, p. 93 and Fig. 92f