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Alabaster model saucer, [Type IX a or b]. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_25-12-88
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 6020 A, chamber, floor debris
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    Height: 1.9 cm Diameter: 6 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 25.2801
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/05/1925
  • Problems/Questions
    based on original OR illustration, this is a round bottomed dish (stone vessel Type IX) not flat bottomed (stone vessel Type X); MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 6020

    • Site Name Western 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Unpublished Documents 1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. 100 (incorrectly listed among Type X b).