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Alabaster model jar with handle

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2360

Alabaster dummy jar with handle, [Type XIV b]; bored, rubbed. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_12-11-6
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 2360 A
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    Height: 6.2 cm Diameter: 6.5 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 13.3128
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5 - Dynasty 6
  • Date of Register Entry
    11/05/1912
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2360

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 1

Full Bibliography

  • Markowitz, Yvonne J., Joyce L. Haynes, 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. 95, cat. 35b.

    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. 96.