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Pottery model bowls

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4530

Two pottery [model bowls], [Type D LXXIX b]; ordinary brown ware; one incomplete. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_14-1-72
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4530 A, shaft and chamber
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Height: 3.2 cm Diameter: 8.4 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 14.1021
  • Period
    Old Kingdom
  • Date of Register Entry
    01/15/1914 - 01/20/1914
  • Remarks
    One of two pottery model bowls accessioned as MFA 14.1021.
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4530

    • 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Unpublished Documents 3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. 489, fig. 297a, p. 491.

    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. 87.