Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections, Volume 36
This paper is part of ongoing research into the largely unpublished corpus of offering trays and soul houses currently in the care of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. The goal of this preliminary exposition is to draw attention to the Penn material, examine how it fits with past studies, and explore the broader uses and significance of offering trays and soul houses during the First Intermediate Period and Middle Kingdom. This paper addresses the interconnections between the worlds of the living and the dead and touches on the myriad of ways the ancient Egyptians chose to model, display, and represent those connections.