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7 of 10 • Cemetery G 1200: G 1233-Annex A, burial chamber, collapsed wood coffin (34-12-2) as found, pottery one-handled pitchers (MFA 20.1904, MFA 20.1905) in situ (to left and right of coffin), looking __
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Cemetery G 1200: G 1233-Annex A, burial chamber, burial (skeleton) in remains of collapsed wood coffin (34-12-2), pottery one-handled pitcher (MFA 20.1905) in situ (to right of coffin), looking __
Cemetery G 1200: G 1233-Annex A, burial chamber, burial (skeleton) in remains of collapsed wood coffin (34-12-2), pottery one-handled pitcher (MFA 20.1905) in situ (to right of coffin), looking __
Cemetery G 1200: G 1233-Annex A, burial chamber, after removing lid of collapsed wood coffin (34-12-2), pottery one-handled pitcher (MFA 20.1905) in situ (to right of coffin), looking __
Cemetery G 1200: G 1233-Annex A, burial chamber, collapsed wood coffin (34-12-2) as found, pottery one-handled pitchers (MFA 20.1904, MFA 20.1905) in situ (to left and right of coffin), looking __
Cemetery G 1200: G 1233-Annex A, burial chamber, collapsed wood coffin (34-12-2) as found, pottery one-handled pitcher (MFA 20.1904) in situ (to left of coffin), looking __
Cemetery G 1200: G 1233-Annex A, burial chamber, collapsed wood coffin (34-12-2) as found, pottery one-handled pitchers (MFA 20.1904, MFA 20.1905) in situ (to left and right of coffin), looking __
Cemetery G 1200: G 1233-Annex A, burial chamber, burial (skeleton) after removal of lid of collapsed wood coffin (34-12-2), pottery one-handled pitcher (MFA 20.1905) in situ (to right of coffin), looking __
G 1233-Annex, Shaft A, wood coffin
Plan and section drawing by Nicholas Melnikoff: wooden coffin from G 1233-Annex A: 34-12-2

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1233-Annex

Panelled wood [qrst] coffin; seven panels on side and three panels on end. Illustration: Yes [reconstruction]

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_34-12-2
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Tomb equipment-Coffins and sarcophagi
  • Findspot
    Pit G 1233-Annex A, debris of chamber
  • Material
    Wood
  • Dimensions
    Height: 1.02 m Width: .85 m Length: 1.8 m
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/08/1934

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Full Bibliography

  • Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 409, fig. 234, p. 411.