Digital Giza | Alabaster and obsidian eye inlay

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2001

Alabaster eye inlay with obsidian [iris], hole of [iris] filled from behind with pink plaster now powdery. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1

ID

HUMFA_36-3-19
Department

Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification

Tomb equipment-Masks
Findspot

Pit G 2001 C, chamber
Material

Alabaster, obsidian, plaster
Dimensions

Width: 3.3 cm Length: 9.4 cm Diameter: 2.5 - 2.6 cm Thickness: 1.3 cm; .6 cm
Credit Line

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Object Ownership Information

MFA
Date of Register Entry

03/14/1936

G 2001
- Site Name Western Cemetery

Simpson, William Kelly. Mastabas of the Western Cemetery, Part 1: Sekhemka (G 1029); Tjetu I (G 2001); Iasen (G 2196); Penmeru (G 2197); Hagy, Nefertjentet, and Herunefer (G 2352/53); Djaty, Tjetu II, and Nimesti (G 2337X, 2343, 2366). Giza Mastabas 4. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1980.
- Date: 1980

A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix L: Cemetery G 2000: Part 1: G 2001–G 2087, page 026
- ID: HUMFA_36-3-19

Simpson, William Kelly. Mastabas of the Western Cemetery, Part 1: Sekhemka (G 1029); Tjetu I (G 2001); Iasen (G 2196); Penmeru (G 2197); Hagy, Nefertjentet, and Herunefer (G 2352/53); Djaty, Tjetu II, and Nimesti (G 2337X, 2343, 2366). Giza Mastabas 4. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1980, p. 14, pl. XXXIId.