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Twenty white limestone model [basins], [Type X b]; seventeen complete. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_14-1-55
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4530 [A], shaft and chamber
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    Height: 1.7 - 2.6 cm Diameter: 3.8 - 6.5 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 14.1000
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6
  • Date of Register Entry
    01/15/1914 - 01/20/1914
  • Remarks
    Twenty limestone model basins accessioned as MFA 14.1000.
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4530

    • 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Unpublished Documents 1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. 489-490, fig. 297b.

    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. 100.