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3 of 3 • Pottery: model vessels from G 4520 b (= published G 4520 A): top row: 14-4-16 (= MFA 14.1659, one of two jars), 14-4-18 (= MFA 20.1916, spouted basin), 14-4-14 (one of eighty-four dishes); bottom row: 14-4-19 (one of three jars), 14-4-15 (one of five jars), 14-4-17 (= MFA 14.1660)
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Cemetery G 4000: G 4520 b (= published G 4520 A), burial chamber, NE corner, pottery and alabaster model vessels (14-4-1 = MFA 21.2843, MFA 21.2844, 14-4-2 = MFA 21.2865, 14-4-3 = MFA 21.2876, MFA 21.2877, MFA 21.2878, MFA 21.2879, MFA 21.2880, MFA 21.2881, 14-4-4 = MFA 21.2891, MFA 21.2892, MFA 21.2893, MFA 21.2894, MFA 21.2895, 14-4-5 = MFA 21.2840, 14-4-6 = MFA 21.2842, 14-4-14 = MFA 14.1657, 14-4-15 = MFA 20.1917, MFA 14.1658, 14-4-16 = MFA 14.1659, 14-4-17 = MFA 14.1660, 14-4-18 = MFA 20.1916, 14-4-19 = MFA 20.1915, MFA 14.1661) and pottery jars (14-4-13 = MFA 20.1924, 14-4-22 = MFA 20.4994) in situ, looking N
Pottery: model vessels from G 4520 b (= published G 4520 A): top row: 14-4-16 (= MFA 14.1659, one of two jars), 14-4-18 (= MFA 20.1916, spouted basin), 14-4-14 (one of eighty-four dishes); bottom row: 14-4-19 (one of three jars), 14-4-15 (one of five jars), 14-4-17 (= MFA 14.1660)

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4520

Pottery model basin with [roll rim and open] spout, [Type D XXXV c]; ordinary brown ware. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_14-4-18
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    G 4520 b (= published G 4520 A), chamber
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Height: 4 cm Diameter: 8 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 20.1916
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4 - Dynasty 5
  • Date of Register Entry
    04/04/1914
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4520

    • 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Unpublished Documents 3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. 504, fig. 310, p. 507.

    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. 84, fig. 118.