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Alabaster model dish and copper tool

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Alabaster model dish, [Type IX a], containing (stuck together) rectangular piece of copper (copper tool). Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_15-11-56
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4610 A, chamber
  • Material
    Alabaster, copper
  • Dimensions
    Height: 2 cm Length: 5.1 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • Date of Register Entry
    11/23/1915

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4610

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 4

Full Bibliography

  • Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 520, fig. 323 (copper tool), p. 521.

    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.