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Alabaster model cup, [Type X b]; broken in two pieces, mended but triangular piece missing // fragment of another. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_36-1-2
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 2100 A, chamber
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    Height: 3.4 cm Diameter: 4.2 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 47.1717
  • Date of Register Entry
    01/08/1936
  • Remarks
    One mended incomplete alabaster cup accessioned as MFA 47.1717.
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2100

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 2

Full Bibliography

  • Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, pp. 418-419, fig. 239.

    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. 100.