Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4520
Alabaster headrest. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2
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- ID
- HUMFA_14-4-12
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Classification
- Furniture
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- Findspot
- G 4520 b (= published G 4520 A), chamber
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- Material
- Alabaster
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- Dimensions
- Height: 20.9 cm Width: 17.1 cm Length: stand: 18.4 cm
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Object Ownership Information
- MFA accession number: 21.2790
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- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5
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- Date of Register Entry
- 04/04/1914
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- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 504, fig. 310, p. 506.
Smith, William Stevenson. Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1960 (6th ed.), p. 65.
ID: HUMFA_C5750_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4520
Description: Cemetery G 4000: G 4520 b (= published G 4520 A), burial chamber, burial (skeleton) in wood coffin (38-5-3), alabaster headrest (14-4-12 = MFA 21.2790) in situ, looking NNW
ID: HUMFA_C5757_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4520
Description: Alabaster headrest from G 4520 b (= published G 4520 A): 14-4-12 (= MFA 21.2790)