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Alabaster model jar

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7550, G 7524

[One of] three alabaster model cylinder jars, [Type I d], varying slightly in size. Illustration: No

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_28-5-181 (2)
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 7550 B, debris of chamber
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    Height: 5 cm Diameter: mouth: 2.5 cm; middle: 1.8 cm; base: 2.4 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 28.1513
  • Date of Register Entry
    05/18/1928
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 7550

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 5

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.