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Alabaster model jar

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4714, G 5030, G 5411

Alabaster model jar, [Type XVI a]; boring marks; water worn. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_15-12-26
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4714 A, debris in chamber
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    Height: 6.8 cm Diameter: mouth: 2.8 cm; at 2.2 cm down: 3.6 cm; base: 2.2 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/09/1915

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4714

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 1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. 97.