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2 of 3 • Alabaster model food offerings from G 4733 E: top row: 14-2-65 (one of five trussed ducks), 14-2-63 (one of three joints of meat), 14-2-46 (one of four), 14-2-41 (one of four); second row: 14-2-66 (= MFA 21.2825, cut of meat, ribs), 14-2-58 (= MFA 21.2833); third row (on right only): 14-2-48 (one of six), 14-2-57 (= MFA 14.1231, one of four), 14-2-59 (= MFA 14.1232); bottom row: 14-2-53 (= MFA 21.2904, cut of meat, calf's leg), 14-2-67 (= MFA 21.2821, pigeon), 14-2-42 (one of sixteen disks), 14-2-60 (= MFA 14.1233), 14-2-64 (one of six spheres)
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Alabaster model food offerings from G 4733 E: top row: 14-2-65 (one of five trussed ducks), 14-2-63 (one of three joints of meat), 14-2-46 (one of four), 14-2-41 (one of four); second row: 14-2-66 (= MFA 21.2825, cut of meat, ribs), 14-2-58 (= MFA 21.2833); third row (on right only): 14-2-48 (one of six), 14-2-57 (= MFA 14.1231, one of four), 14-2-59 (= MFA 14.1232); bottom row: 14-2-53 (= MFA 21.2904, cut of meat, calf's leg), 14-2-67 (= MFA 21.2821, pigeon), 14-2-42 (one of sixteen disks), 14-2-60 (= MFA 14.1233), 14-2-64 (one of six spheres)
Alabaster model food offerings from G 4733 E: meat joint, upper left (14-2-63 = MFA 21.2824); tall conical bread loaf, center (14-2-51 = MFA 21.2830); trussed duck, upper right (14-2-65 = MFA 21.2818); three-part rounded model, center left (14-2-48 = MFA 14.1222, one of five); flat fruit or vegetable, lower left (14-2-56 = MFA 21.2834); small conical bread loaf, center right (14-2-51 = MFA 21.2832); spherical model, right (14-2-64 = MFA 14.1235, one of five); semi-circular model, lower right (14-2-60 = MFA 14.1233)
Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4733
Three alabaster models, joints of meat. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1
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- ID
- HUMFA_14-2-63
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Classification
- Tomb equipment-Models
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- Findspot
- Pit G 4733 E
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- Material
- Alabaster
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- Dimensions
- Length: 6.5 - 9 cm Diameter: 3.4 - 4.5 cm Thickness: 2.8 - 4 cm
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Object Ownership Information
- MFA accession numbers: 21.2822, 21.2823, 21.2824
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- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5
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- Date of Register Entry
- 02/27/1914 - 03/01/1914
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- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession numbers verified
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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D'Auria, Sue, Peter Lacovara, and Catharine H. Roehrig. Mummies & Magic: The Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1988, p. 93, cat. 25.
Markowitz, Yvonne J., Joyce L. Haynes, and Rita E. Freed. Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids: Highlights from the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition. Boston: MFA Publications, 2002, p. 94, cat. 34.
