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Limestone model dishes

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

[Eight] crudely made limestone saucers (cf. 29-12-72), [Type X b]. Illustration: No

Details

  • ID
    MFAB_29.2778
  • Department
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 7754 B, in coffin in room
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    Height: 2.4 - 2.8 cm Diameter: 4.8 - 6.4 cm
  • Credit Line
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts excavation number
    HUMFA_29-12-92
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 29.2778
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/07/1929
  • Notes
    Ten limestone model vessels originally registered as HUMFA_29-12-92; eight are in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFAB_29.2778); two are in the collection of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM_16054, formerly EMC_JE_57008; and GEM_16055, formerly EMC_JE_57007).
  • Remarks
    Eight limestone model dishes accessioned as MFA 29.2778
  • 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Unpublished Documents 1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.