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Forty-five rough alabaster model saucers, [Type IX a]; many only rough disks with beginning of bore hole on one side. Illustration: Yes

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_12-12-593
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 2387 A (main shaft of G 2385)
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    Diameter: 3.8 - 7 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/13/1912
  • Remarks
    G 2387 A (main shaft of G 2385) first excavated in 1912 and reexcavated in 1935.

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2385

    • 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Unpublished Documents 1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. 99.