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Fragments of mummy case (?); fragments of white-cream plaster, one piece has blue-grey color band on it and seems to bear print of wood on back, other pieces thinner and laid on thin fine cloth, cloth in one case laid over coarse (sandy) greenish grey marl. Illustration: No

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_15-12-68
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Tomb equipment-Coffins and sarcophagi
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4410 A, chamber
  • Material
    Plaster, cloth
  • Dimensions
    Width: largest piece: 2.8 cm Length: largest piece: 3 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/28/1915

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4410

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 1

Full Bibliography

  • Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 516.