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One alabaster model bulging jar with big flaring neck and flat base, [Type XV c (1)]; rim chipped in two places, base slightly worn. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_28-5-182
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 7550 B, debris of chamber
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    Height: 5.6 cm Diameter: max: 3.7 cm; mouth: 3.5 cm; neck: 1.9 cm; base: 1.5 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 28.1514
  • Date of Register Entry
    05/18/1928
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 7550

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 7

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. 97, fig. 143.