A Recipe for Offering Loaves

Abstract

A reappraisal of the baking scene in the Theban tomb of Rekhmire. The principal ingredient in the making of offering loaves in this scene, previously classed as a grain or bean, has recently been identified as the tubers of Cyperus esculentus. The processes in the preparation of the loaves or cakes are described and interpreted with reference to experimental use of this as the staple ingredient in recipes.