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Fragmentary diorite bowl

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2370

Diorite bowl, [Type X a]; bored, rubbed, worked thin (walls about 3 mm); broken in many fragments, incomplete. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:4

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_12-11-32
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 2370 A
  • Material
    Diorite
  • Dimensions
    Height: 9 cm Diameter: 21.5 cm Thickness: ca 3 mm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 13.3142
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5 ?
  • Date of Register Entry
    11/13/1912
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2370

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 2

Full Bibliography

  • Brovarski, Edward. The Senedjemib Complex, Part 1: The Mastabas of Senedjemib Inti (G 2370), Khnumenti (G 2374), and Senedjemib Mehi (G 2378). Giza Mastabas 7. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 2003, pp. 79, 82, fig. 72, pl. 56c.

    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. 100, pl. 45f.