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Fragments of alabaster bowl

Object register page:

Fragments of clear alabaster bowl (cf. 13-11-97, but worked thinner, not so well-smoothed), [Type X c]; incomplete. Illustration: No

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_13-11-98
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4440 A (fragments also in street)
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    Diameter: ca 30 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 13.5665
  • Date of Register Entry
    11/24/1913, 11/25/1913
  • Remarks
    Other odd fragments of alabaster were found in street E of G 4440.
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4440

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 3

Full Bibliography

  • Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 477.

    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. 101.