During the work carried out by the Austrian Archaeological Institute in Cairo at Kom Ombo, a large part of the First Intermediate Period town was uncovered to the northeast of the Ptolemaic Temple, including remains of a heavily disturbed cemetery and an adjacent administrative building complex with many rooms and well-preserved beehive-shaped silos. Of particular interest is a room that, following the abandonment of the silo, was repurposed for the deposition of more than 300 red-slipped bowls stacked inside one another and jars arranged in groups, many of them still containing food residues. The recovery of fully preserved ceramic vessels in their primary context is very rare in Egypt, usually offering information about chrono-typological development and functionality of pottery types. Most importantly, the discovery of this hitherto unparalleled deposit provides insights into the activities of the inhabitants of Kom Ombo and the social background of a provincial town during a time of political turbulence at the end of the 3rd millennium BCE.