Temple offering trussed game and vessels for possibly milk

Temple offering of cooked, trussed game (gazelle or antelope), and small round vessels with handles and spouts which may have been used as libation vessels or to hold a liquid such as milk. It is not known whether milk was drunk in large quantities or whether the Egyptians suffered the lactose intolerence seen in the Middle Eastern and African populations today. Most village dwellers could have had access to goat's or sheep's milk and some may have been cultured into yoghurt. Cows were kept for their milk and there is evidence of cheese production. From a wall relief at the temple of Kom Ombo in Southern Upper Egypt. This temple mostly dates from the Ptolemaic Period although New Kingdom (1570-1070 BCE) remains have been found. Photograph taken 1989.