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Alabaster cylinder jar

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2 of 3 • Stone vessels: alabaster cylinder jar: [G 1407 A] 34-9-4 (= MFA 34.1470); alabaster bowl: [G 7330-7340: G 7330 A] 34-6-14 (= MFA 47.1671)
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Stone vessels: alabaster cylinder jar: [G 1407 A] 34-9-4 (= MFA 34.1470); alabaster bowl: [G 7330-7340: G 7330 A] 34-6-14 (= MFA 47.1671)
G 1407, Shaft A

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 1407, G 7330-7340

Alabaster cylinder jar, [Type I d]. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_34-9-4
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 1407 A, debris of chamber
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    Height: 18.8 cm Diameter: rim: 13.2 cm; base: 10.4 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 34.1470
  • Date of Register Entry
    09/30/1934
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 1407

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Published Documents 1

Unpublished Documents 2

Full Bibliography

  • Reisner, George A. "Report on the Egyptian Expedition during 1934-35." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 33, No. 199 (October 1935), p. 75, fig. 11.

    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. 93, fig. 136.