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Alabaster model basin

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7442 (formerly G 7440 Z)

Alabaster model flat basin with rounded bottom and rounded rim, [Type IX a]; broken in two pieces. Illustration: No

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_27-5-93
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 7440 Z [= G 7442], on floor beside sarcophagus
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    Height: 1.1 cm Diameter: 4.8 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 27.1546
  • Date of Register Entry
    05/25/1927
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 2

Unpublished Documents 1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. 98 (also incorrectly listed among Type X b, p. 100).