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Limestone model dishes

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7754

Five small crudely made limestone saucers (cf. 29-12-91, similar but varying slightly), [Type X b]. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_29-12-71
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Tomb equipment-Models
  • Findspot
    Pit G 7754 B, debris of room
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    Height: illustrated saucer: 2.2 cm; other saucers: 2 - 2.2 cm Diameter: illustrated saucer, rim: 4.8 cm; illustrated saucer, base: 4 cm; other saucers, rim: 4.5 - 4.7 cm; other saucers, base: 3.6 - 4 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 29.2771
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/05/1929
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 7754

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 1

Full Bibliography

  • 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.