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Fragments of alabaster offering table

Object register page:

Four fragments of clear alabaster [offering] table top, [Type XII b]. Illustration: No

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_13-12-34
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Tomb equipment-Offering tables and basins
  • Findspot
    Street E of pit G 4640 A
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    Diameter: ca 38 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 13.5695
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/23/1913, 12/24/1913
  • 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Unpublished Documents 3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.

    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.