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Basalt model bottle from an Opening of the Mouth set

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2 of 3 • Senedjemib Complex: copper and stone models from G 2381 A, Impy: top row: [three knife blades] 12-12-411 (= MFA 13.2987), 12-12-412 (= MFA 13.2986), 12-12-413 (= MFA 13.2989), 12-12-414 (= MFA 13.3264, alabaster basin), 12-12-415 (= MFA 13.3269, quartzite bottle), 12-12-416 (= MFA 13.3263, basalt bottle), 12-12-417 (= MFA 13.3258, basalt cup); middle row: 12-12-418 (= MFA 13.2969, bag-shaped jar), 12-12-419 (= MFA 13.2964, basin), 12-12-420 (= MFA 13.2965, basin), 12-12-421 (= MFA 13.3244, hes-vase), 12-12-422 (= MFA 13.3243, jar on stand), 12-12-423 (= MFA 13.2984, upper item, rectangular razor), 12-12-424 (= MFA 13.2983, lower item, rectangular razor); bottom row: 12-12-425 (= MFA 13.2973, neckless shoulder jar), 12-12-426 (= MFA 13.2988, knife blade), [sixteen dishes] 12-12-427, 12-12-428, 12-12-429 (= MFA 13.3020), 12-12-430 (= MFA 13.3021), 12-12-431 (= MFA 13.3022), 12-12-432 (= MFA 13.3023), 12-12-433 (= MFA 13.3024), 12-12-434 (= MFA 13.3025), 12-12-435 (= MFA 13.3026), 12-12-436 (= MFA 13.3027), 12-12-437 (= MFA 13.3028), 12-12-438 (= MFA 13.3029), 12-12-439 (= MFA 13.3030), 12-12-440 (= MFA 13.3031), 12-12-441 (= MFA 13.3032), 12-12-442 (= MFA 13.3033)
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Senedjemib Complex: copper and stone models from G 2381 A, Impy: top row: [three knife blades] 12-12-411 (= MFA 13.2987), 12-12-412 (= MFA 13.2986), 12-12-413 (= MFA 13.2989), 12-12-414 (= MFA 13.3264, alabaster basin), 12-12-415 (= MFA 13.3269, quartzite bottle), 12-12-416 (= MFA 13.3263, basalt bottle), 12-12-417 (= MFA 13.3258, basalt cup); middle row: 12-12-418 (= MFA 13.2969, bag-shaped jar), 12-12-419 (= MFA 13.2964, basin), 12-12-420 (= MFA 13.2965, basin), 12-12-421 (= MFA 13.3244, hes-vase), 12-12-422 (= MFA 13.3243, jar on stand), 12-12-423 (= MFA 13.2984, upper item, rectangular razor), 12-12-424 (= MFA 13.2983, lower item, rectangular razor); bottom row: 12-12-425 (= MFA 13.2973, neckless shoulder jar), 12-12-426 (= MFA 13.2988, knife blade), [sixteen dishes] 12-12-427, 12-12-428, 12-12-429 (= MFA 13.3020), 12-12-430 (= MFA 13.3021), 12-12-431 (= MFA 13.3022), 12-12-432 (= MFA 13.3023), 12-12-433 (= MFA 13.3024), 12-12-434 (= MFA 13.3025), 12-12-435 (= MFA 13.3026), 12-12-436 (= MFA 13.3027), 12-12-437 (= MFA 13.3028), 12-12-438 (= MFA 13.3029), 12-12-439 (= MFA 13.3030), 12-12-440 (= MFA 13.3031), 12-12-441 (= MFA 13.3032), 12-12-442 (= MFA 13.3033)
Objects for Opening of the Mouth ceremony: alabaster pesesh-kef from G 7550 B: 28-5-184 (= MFA 28.1148); limestone pesesh-kef implements tray from G 2382: 13-1-536 (= MFA 13.3144); quartzite and basalt model vessels from G 2381 A: 12-12-323 (= MFA 13.3252, basalt cup), 12-12-250 (= MFA 13.3257, basalt cup), 12-12-416 (= MFA 13.3263, basalt bottle), 12-12-452 (= MFA 13.3265, quartzite cup), 12-12-322 (= MFA 13.3266, quartzite cup), 12-12-415 (= MFA 13.3269, quartzite bottle)

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2381

[Basalt] model [bottle] (cf. 12-12-415), [Type XV c (2)]. Illustration: No

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_12-12-416
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 2381 A, [chamber] (203) (found in 12-12-361)
  • Material
    Basalt
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 13.3263
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6, reign of Pepy II
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/31/1912
  • Remarks
    This object found "in 12-12-361" (copper spouted bowl) according to that record.
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2381

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Published Documents 1

Unpublished Documents 2

Full Bibliography

  • D'Auria, Sue, Peter Lacovara, and Catharine H. Roehrig. Mummies & Magic: The Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1988, pp. 80-81, cat. 11.

    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, fig. 143.

    Roth, Ann Macy. "Fingers, Stars, and the 'Opening of the Mouth': the Nature and Function of the nTrwj-blades." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 79 (1993), p. 58, note 8.