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Diorite bowl

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

Well-made diorite bowl, [Type X c]; rim chipped off slightly in one place. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_36-3-23
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 2001 D, chamber
  • Material
    Diorite
  • Dimensions
    Height: 5.4 cm Diameter: max: 12 cm; rim: 11.2 cm; base: 4.4 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • Date of Register Entry
    03/15/1936

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2001

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Published Documents 1

Unpublished Documents 2

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. 101, fig. 147.

    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. XXXIIb (right).