Civic Archaeological Museum of Bologna: case sarcophagus of Irinimenpu.Inv. MCA-EGI-EG_1958; Middle Kingdom: 12th–13th Dynasties (1938–1640 BC).Detail of a "palace facade" panel, a motif taken from the funerary architecture of the Old Kingdom, which makes the sarcophagus similar to an eternal home. On one of the long sides of the coffin, in a central position, numerous food offerings are depicted (bread, vegetables, fruit, slices of beef, plucked birds, containers for liquids, etc.), so that the deceased can be fed in the afterlife.
