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Twelve thick flat pottery model plates, [Type D LXXIX a]; ordinary red brown ware, wheel-turned, hand smoothed. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_13-12-14
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4640 A, chamber
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Diameter: 8.7 - 9.8 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 20.1926
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/12/1913, 12/13/1913, 12/14/1913
  • Remarks
    One of twelve pottery model dishes accessioned as MFA 20.1926.
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4640

    • 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Unpublished Documents 3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. 483, fig. 291.

    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. 86, fig. 127.