Shopping for the afterlife
By the Late Period (664 BCE - 332 BCE) many funerary items were obtained from the local marketplace. The wealthy could also commission more expensive pieces such as coffins, furniture and jewellery. How much a person included in their tomb depended on their wealth. As a result, many luxury items are only found in tombs of the elite. However, essential objects such as amulets (magical charms for protection), food, bowls and shabtis (small funerary statuettes), were much more common.
Jug and bowl
Pottery
Early Dynastic Period (about 2920 BCE - 2575 BCE)
From Abu Roash
National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden
© National Museum of Antiquities, the Netherlands
Plate
Pottery
Early Dynastic Period (about 2920 BCE - 2575 BCE)
From Abu Roash
National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden
© National Museum of Antiquities, the Netherlands
Pitcher
Pottery
Early Dynastic Period (about 2920 BCE - 2575 BCE)
From Abu Roash
National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden
© National Museum of Antiquities, the Netherlands
