Materials & Making
Bread Moulds in Limestone: Read the Model and Its Material Separately
A small Egyptian model in The Met pairs a bread-making subject with limestone and paint. Read what it represents separately from what it is made of.
Ancient objects, open questions
museum objects
Objects & Beliefs
Small figures, a larger belief: asking better questions about shabtis
A funerary figure becomes easier to understand when its purpose, inscription and surviving condition are considered together.