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White limestone dummy [jar] (cf. 12-10-28), [Type XV a (1)]; hollow gouged out with pointed chisel, outside apparently chisel dressed and rubbed smoothed. Illustration: No

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_12-10-29
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 2330 (= G 5380) A, debris in bottom of shaft
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    Height: 14.5 cm Diameter: 8.5 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 13.3137
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5 ?
  • Date of Register Entry
    10/25/1912
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 5380

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 2

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. 97.