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Alabaster [(somewhat crystalline, various qualities)] model [saucer] (cf. 25-1-458), [Type X b], (one of set of model vessels, two jars and forty-two saucers, 25-3-166 through 25-3-179, 25-3-192 through 25-3-221, saucers vary between seven types). Illustration: No. Supplementary illustration: Yes. Supplementary illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_25-3-178
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 7710 A, tomb chamber S, outside coffin
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    Height: 1.6 cm Diameter: 4.7 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 25.2626
  • Date of Register Entry
    03/04/1925
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 7710

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 2

Full Bibliography

  • Reisner, George A., and William Stevenson Smith. The Tomb of Hetep-Heres the Mother of Cheops: a Study of Egyptian Civilization in the Old Kingdom. A History of the Giza Necropolis 2. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1955, p. 100.