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Alabaster [pesesh-kef]. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_28-5-184
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 7550 B, debris of chamber
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    Width: max: 3.8 cm; middle: 1.7 cm; end: 2.3 cm Length: 8.4 cm Thickness: .8 - 1 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 28.1148
  • Date of Register Entry
    05/18/1928
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 7550

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery

Published Documents 1

Unpublished Documents 8

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, p. 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), p. 58, note 8.