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Alabaster cylinder jar

Object register page:

Alabaster [cylinder] jar, [Type I d], (Old Kingdom); complete. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_30-12-29
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 7931 B, debris
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    Height: 21 cm Diameter: rim: 14 cm; base: 11 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/05/1930

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 7931

    • 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Unpublished Documents 1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. 93.