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2 of 5 • Stone model vessels and other objects: top row: [G 2340 (= G 5480) A] 33-2-192 (six alabaster model dishes); middle row: [E of G 2370] 33-3-15 (= MFA 33.1126, fragment of schist bracelet), [G 2347 X (= G 5562 A)] 33-2-156 (= MFA 34.47, one of two), 33-2-157 (= MFA 34.46), 33-2-158 (one of two), [E of G 2370] 33-3-7 (= MFA 33.1121, lid); bottom row: [E of G 2100] 33-2-183 (= MFA 33.1106), [G 2340 (= G 5480) A] 33-2-191, [G 5230 A] 33-1-81, [G 2347 X (= G 5562 A)] 33-2-159, 33-2-158 (= MFA 33.1019, one of two), 33-2-156 (= MFA 34.45 deaccessioned = Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology, Memphis 1981.1.8, one of two), [G 4940 B] 33-2-209 (= MFA 33.1115)
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Stone model vessels and other objects: top row: [G 2340 (= G 5480) A] 33-2-192 (six alabaster model dishes); middle row: [E of G 2370] 33-3-15 (= MFA 33.1126, fragment of schist bracelet), [G 2347 X (= G 5562 A)] 33-2-156 (= MFA 34.47, one of two), 33-2-157 (= MFA 34.46), 33-2-158 (one of two), [E of G 2370] 33-3-7 (= MFA 33.1121, lid); bottom row: [E of G 2100] 33-2-183 (= MFA 33.1106), [G 2340 (= G 5480) A] 33-2-191, [G 5230 A] 33-1-81, [G 2347 X (= G 5562 A)] 33-2-159, 33-2-158 (= MFA 33.1019, one of two), 33-2-156 (= MFA 34.45 deaccessioned = Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology, Memphis 1981.1.8, one of two), [G 4940 B] 33-2-209 (= MFA 33.1115)
Alabaster model cylinder jar from G 2340 (= G 5480) A: GEM_8020 (= HUMFA_33-2-191 = EMC_JE_60554 = EMC_SR_2/1224)
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Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2340 = G 5480, G 2370, G 5562, G 2100, G 5230, G 4940

Alabaster model [cylinder] jar, [Type I c]; mark in ink on bottom. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    GEM_8020
  • Department
    Grand Egyptian Museum
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 2340 (= G 5480) A, debris of chamber
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    Height: 4 cm Diameter: 2.2 cm
  • Credit Line
    Grand Egyptian Museum
  • Journal d'Entree number
    EMC_JE_60554
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_2/1224
  • Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts excavation number
    HUMFA_33-2-191
  • Date of Register Entry
    02/23/1933

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 5480

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Published Documents 1

Unpublished Documents 5

Full Bibliography

  • Manuelian, Peter Der. "A Dig Divided: The Giza Mastaba of Heti, G 5480 (Giza Archives Gleaning IV)." In Zahi Hawass, Peter Der Manuelian and Ramadan Hussein, eds. Perspectives on Ancient Egypt. Studies in Honor of Edward Brovarski. CASAE 40. Cairo: Supreme Council of Antiquities, 2010, pp. 239, 247-248, figs. 33, 34.

    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, pp. 92, 102.