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2 of 3 • Tomb groups of limestone model vessels: top row (right only): six dishes: [G 7132 A] 24-12-1028 (= MFA 24.3012), 24-12-1025 (= MFA 24.3009), 24-12-1014 (= MFA 24.2998), 24-12-1033 (= MFA 24.3017), 24-12-1048 (= MFA 24.3032), 24-12-555 (= MFA 24.2892); middle row: [G 7132 A] six jars: 24-12-543 (= MFA 24.2880), 24-12-542 (= MFA 24.2879), 24-12-1010 (= MFA 24.2994), 24-12-1009 (= MFA 24.2993), 24-12-1008 (= MFA 24.2992), 24-12-1007 (= MFA 24.2991), [G 7710 B] six dishes: 25-2-1147 (= MFA 25.2581), 25-2-1138 (= MFA 25.2572), 25-2-1119 (= MFA 25.2553), 25-2-1116 (= MFA 25.2550), 25-2-1118 (= MFA 25.2552), 25-2-1131 (= MFA 25.2565); bottom row: [G 7710 B] twelve jars: 25-2-1109 (= MFA 25.2543), __-__-__, 25-2-1104 (= MFA 25.2538), 25-2-1102 (= MFA 25.2536), 25-2-1101 (= MFA 25.2535), 25-2-1103 (= MFA 25.2537), 25-2-1105 (= MFA 25.2539), 25-2-1110 (= MFA 25.2544), 25-2-1111 (= MFA 25.2545), 25-2-1157 (= MFA 25.2586), 25-2-1115 (= MFA 25.2549), 25-2-1113 (= MFA 25.2547)
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Tomb groups of limestone model vessels: top row (right only): six dishes: [G 7132 A] 24-12-1028 (= MFA 24.3012), 24-12-1025 (= MFA 24.3009), 24-12-1014 (= MFA 24.2998), 24-12-1033 (= MFA 24.3017), 24-12-1048 (= MFA 24.3032), 24-12-555 (= MFA 24.2892); middle row: [G 7132 A] six jars: 24-12-543 (= MFA 24.2880), 24-12-542 (= MFA 24.2879), 24-12-1010 (= MFA 24.2994), 24-12-1009 (= MFA 24.2993), 24-12-1008 (= MFA 24.2992), 24-12-1007 (= MFA 24.2991), [G 7710 B] six dishes: 25-2-1147 (= MFA 25.2581), 25-2-1138 (= MFA 25.2572), 25-2-1119 (= MFA 25.2553), 25-2-1116 (= MFA 25.2550), 25-2-1118 (= MFA 25.2552), 25-2-1131 (= MFA 25.2565); bottom row: [G 7710 B] twelve jars: 25-2-1109 (= MFA 25.2543), __-__-__, 25-2-1104 (= MFA 25.2538), 25-2-1102 (= MFA 25.2536), 25-2-1101 (= MFA 25.2535), 25-2-1103 (= MFA 25.2537), 25-2-1105 (= MFA 25.2539), 25-2-1110 (= MFA 25.2544), 25-2-1111 (= MFA 25.2545), 25-2-1157 (= MFA 25.2586), 25-2-1115 (= MFA 25.2549), 25-2-1113 (= MFA 25.2547)
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Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7132, G 7710

Limestone model jar (cf. 25-1-452), [Type V b], (one of set of model vessels, seventeen jars and fifty plus saucers, including 25-2-1101 through 25-2-1151, 25-2-1157, saucers vary between six types); [jars and saucers painted yellow, crudely cut in very soft limestone with tube borers, most later smoothed (?) with pebble]. Illustration: No. Supplementary illustration: Yes. Supplementary illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_25-2-1109
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 7710 B
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    Height: 6.4 cm Diameter: mouth: 3 cm; base: 2.5 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 25.2543
  • Date of Register Entry
    02/28/1925
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 7710

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 1

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. 95.