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Fragments of alabaster bowl

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4340

Two large fragments of one alabaster bowl, [Type IX a], consisting of five mended fragments (three and two fragments respectively); cylinder bored (four more pieces found in chamber 10/22). Illustration: No

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_13-10-14
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4340 A, chamber, floor sand
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    Height: ca 5 cm Diameter: mouth: 15 cm; base: ca 6.4 cm (inside)
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 13.5582
  • Period
    Old Kingdom
  • Date of Register Entry
    10/21/1913
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4340

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 3

Full Bibliography

  • Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 473.

    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.