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Alabaster model dishes

[Five] alabaster model offering dishes, [two Type IX a, four Type X a]; marks in ink on bottom. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_33-2-192
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 2340 (= G 5480) A, debris of chamber
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    Height: 1 - 1.5 cm Diameter: 3.5 - 5.2 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • Date of Register Entry
    02/23/1933
  • Notes
    Six alabaster model dishes originally registered as HUMFA_33-2-192; five in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (unaccessioned); one in the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM_8019, formerly EMC_JE_60552).

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 5480

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Published Documents 1

Unpublished Documents 3

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. 99, 100, 102.