Oldest baskets

Oldest baskets ranked by inception.

Last updated . Source: Wikidata.

As of 2026-10-12, Reed basket; associated with mummy S. 00293 tops the list with 3,901 BC.

  1. #1 Reed basket; associated with mummy S. 00293 — 3,901 BC

    plant fiber basket of the Predynastic Period (?), 3900–3300 BCE, in the collection of Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy (S.299)

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  2. #2 Basket lid; associated with mummy S. 00293 — 3,901 BC

    plant fiber basket of the Predynastic Period (?), 3900–3300 BCE, in the collection of Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy (S.300)

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  3. #3 Basket (fragment); associated with mummy S. 00293 — 3,901 BC

    fragmentary basket of the Predynastic Period (?), 3900–3300 BCE, in the collection of Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy (S.301)

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  4. #4 Basket; associated with mummy S. 293 — 3,901 BC

    linen basket of the Predynastic Period (?), 3900–3300 BCE, in the collection of Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy

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  5. #5 Basket — 3,901 BC

    plant fiber basket of the Predynastic Period (?), 3900–3300 BCE, in the collection of Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy (S.296)

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  6. #6 Basket — 3,901 BC

    plant fiber basket of the Predynastic Period (?), 3900–3300 BCE, in the collection of Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy (S.297)

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  7. #7 Basket burial — 3,301 BC

    linen basket of the First – Second Dynasty of Egypt (Protodynastic Period – Early Dynastic Period), 3300–2590 BCE, in the collection of Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy

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  8. #8 Basket containing a piece of bread, from the grave goods of child mummy S. 278 — 3,300 BC

    plant fiber basket of the Predynastic Period, late 4th millennium BC, 3300–3000 BCE, in the collection of Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy

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  9. #9 Funerary basket — 2,436 BC

    wooden basket of the Fifth – Sixth Dynasty of Egypt (Old Kingdom), 2435–2118 BCE, in the collection of Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy

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  10. #10 Funerary basket for child mummy — 1,540 BC

    linen basket of the Egyptian New Kingdom, 1539–1076 BCE, in the collection of Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy

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