Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4733
Six alabaster balls. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1
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- ID
- HUMFA_14-2-64
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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
- Diameter: 1.4 - 1.8 cm
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Object Ownership Information
- MFA accession number: 14.1235
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- Period
- Old Kingdom, Late Dynasty 5 or Dynasty 6
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- Date of Register Entry
- 02/27/1914 - 03/01/1914
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- Remarks
- Five of six alabaster model food offerings accessioned as MFA 14.1235; original excavation diary entry Vol.07.p.014[4] lists only five (not six).
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- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number 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.
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