The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 15, 2026

An anorthosite gneiss offering table consists of a broad, circular disk resting on a flared conical base. The dark charcoal gray stone is dappled with light gray and white mottling throughout. Thin cracks radiate across the top's smooth, matte surface toward rounded edges marked by minor chips. The sturdy pedestal anchors the heavy disk, highlighting the object's clean silhouette and the dense, speckled texture of the stone.

Offering Table

2770–2573 BCE

Egypt, probably Saqqara, north of the Step Pyramid, excavations of J. E. Quibell, 1910-1911, Early Dynastic , Dynasties 2–3

(2950–2647 BCE)
anorthosite gneiss
Diameter: 30.4 cm (11 15/16 in.); Overall: 7.6 cm (3 in.)
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.653
Location: Not on view
  • Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 Reproduced: p. 101; Mentioned: p. 101
  • exhibitions
    CMA 1916, no. 77, p. 212, pl. 339
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