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Limestone model dish

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7753, G 7766, G 7660

[One of] two [limestone] model saucers. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_29-12-314b
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Warfare, hunting & fishing-Swords and daggers
  • Findspot
    Pit G 7766 A, debris of room
  • Material
    [Limestone]
  • Dimensions
    Height: 1.6+ cm Diameter: 4 cm; base: 2+ cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/27/1929

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 7766

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 3

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. 87 (incorrectly identified as pottery), fig. 127.