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3 of 5 • Fragmentary limestone pesesh-kef implements tray from G 2382 (originally thought to be a tomb, but now known to be a jumbled deposit of limestone blocks from other nearby tombs): [originally from G ____] 13-1-536 (= MFA 13.3144); fragment of inscribed alabaster offering stand: [G 2384] 12-12-34 (= MFA 13.3145)
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Miscellaneous stone objects: top row: [G 2384] 12-12-35 (limestone, fragment from waist of seated statue), [G 2385 A] 12-12-107 (= MFA 13.3442, alabaster model jar), [G 2382] 12-12-102 (alabaster model jar), 12-12-103 (fragment of limestone vessel); middle row: group of four items on left: [G 2382] 12-12-104e (upper, black granite), 12-12-104c (lower left, limestone rubber), 12-12-104b (lower middle, alabaster cone), 12-12-104d (lower right, slate), [G 2382] 13-1-535 (= MFA 13.5140, alabaster model dish), 12-12-594 (upper, fragment of diorite bowl), [G 2360 B] 13-1-533 (= MFA 13.5139, lower, unfinished alabaster disk); bottom row: [G 2382] 12-12-104a (alabaster), [G 2385 A] 12-12-108 (rough alabaster model dish), [G 2353 B4] 13-1-532 (= MFA 13.5138, alabaster model dish), [G 2382] 13-1-536 (= MFA 13.3144, limestone pesesh-kef tray)
Fragmentary limestone pesesh-kef implements tray from G 2382 (originally thought to be a tomb, but now known to be a jumbled deposit of limestone blocks from other nearby tombs): [originally from G ____] 13-1-536 (= MFA 13.3144); fragment of inscribed alabaster offering stand: [G 2384] 12-12-34 (= MFA 13.3145)
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
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 2382

Limestone plate with holes for pesesh-kef wand and six dummy vessels; broken in two, two corners knocked off. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_13-1-536
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    G 2382 [(originally thought to be a tomb, but now known to be a jumbled deposit of limestone blocks from other nearby tombs)], [Senedjemib complex] court
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    Width: 4.6 cm Length: 17.3 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 13.3144
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6
  • Date of Register Entry
    January 1913
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2382

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Published Documents 3

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.

    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), pp. 58, 60, notes 8 and 10, fig. 2.

    Roth, Ann Macy. "The PsS-kf and the 'Opening of the Mouth' Ceremony: A Ritual of Birth and Rebirth." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 78 (1992), p. 115, note 14.

    Smith, William Stevenson. Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1960 (6th ed.), p. 67.