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Alabaster model dishes

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

Twenty-five alabaster model saucers, [Type IX a]. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_14-1-40
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4631 B, chamber
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    Height: 1.2 cm Diameter: 3.6 - 5.8 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 14.988
  • Date of Register Entry
    01/10/1914
  • Remarks
    Twenty-five alabaster model dishes accessioned as MFA 14.988.
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number 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Unpublished Documents 1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. 99.