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Fifty-seven pottery model basins (cf. 13-12-15), [Type D LXXIX a]. Illustration: No

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_13-12-21
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4540 A, chamber
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession numbers: 20.3763.1–20.3763.6
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/12/1913, 12/13/1913, 12/14/1913
  • Remarks
    Six pottery model basins accessioned as MFA 20.3763.1, MFA 20.3763.2, MFA 20.3763.3, MFA 20.3763.4, MFA 20.3763.5, MFA 20.3763.6; additional forty-nine pottery model basins located in MFA inventory (unaccessioned).
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession numbers verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4540

    • 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Unpublished Documents 3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, pp. 480481, fig. 289.

    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.