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Fragmentary alabaster model offering table

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

Alabaster model [offering] table, [Type XII b]; in fragments, incomplete. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_14-1-44
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Tomb equipment-Offering tables and basins
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4631 B, chamber
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    Height: 4.3 cm Diameter: 17.2 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 14.993
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5
  • Date of Register Entry
    01/10/1914
  • 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Unpublished Documents 1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. 304c.

    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.