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2 of 3 • Alabaster model vessels (sample) from G 4631 B: top row: 14-1-37 (one of two jars), 14-1-36 (one of six jars), 14-1-38 (= MFA 21.2841, jar with one handle); bottom row: 14-1-35 (one of four jars), 14-1-39 (one of two jars), 14-1-40 (= MFA 14.988, one of twenty-five dishes), 14-1-42 (= MFA 14.991, one of nine dishes), 14-1-43 (= MFA 14.992, one of twenty-one bowls), 14-1-41 (= MFA 14.990, one of eleven bowls)
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Alabaster model vessels (sample) from G 4631 B: top row: 14-1-37 (one of two jars), 14-1-36 (one of six jars), 14-1-38 (= MFA 21.2841, jar with one handle); bottom row: 14-1-35 (one of four jars), 14-1-39 (one of two jars), 14-1-40 (= MFA 14.988, one of twenty-five dishes), 14-1-42 (= MFA 14.991, one of nine dishes), 14-1-43 (= MFA 14.992, one of twenty-one bowls), 14-1-41 (= MFA 14.990, one of eleven bowls)
Cemetery G 4000: G 4631 B, burial chamber, scattered alabaster model vessels (including: dishes and bowls 14-1-40 = MFA 14.988, 14-1-41, and jars 14-1-35) and pottery jar (14-1-47 = MFA 20.1883) in situ, looking NE

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4631

Four small alabaster model [jars], [Type XV a (1)]. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_14-1-35
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4631 B, chamber
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    Height: 4.6 - 5.7 cm Diameter: 3.5 - 4.5 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession numbers: 21.2863, 21.2866, 21.2867, 21.2868
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5
  • Date of Register Entry
    01/10/1914
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession numbers verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4631

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 1

Full Bibliography

  • Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, pp. 496-497, fig. 304b.

    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. 97.