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Limestone boring core

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2150, G 2200 = G 5080, G 2342 = G 5020, G 2370, G 5520, G 2340 = G 5480, G 2120

Limestone boring core; hole in center on top and bottom. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_33-2-153
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Tools & equipment-Miscellaneous
  • Findspot
    Pit G 2200 (= G 5080) B, debris of chamber
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    Height: 7.3 cm Diameter: 6 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 33.1097
  • Date of Register Entry
    02/05/1933
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 5080

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 2

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 (included among stone vessel Type X b).