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Alabaster model cups

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4610

Alabaster model offering vessels: b) thirteen (13) small flat bottomed dishes or cups. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_35-4-1b
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4610 A, chamber, in SE recess
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    Height: 1.4 - 2.8 cm Diameter: top: 3.1 - 3.8 cm; base: 2.4 - 2.6 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • Date of Register Entry
    04/01/1935
  • Remarks
    G 4610 A first excavated in 1915 (see diary Vol.09.p.041), other alabaster model vessels removed and registered (15-11-46 through 15-11-56), these vessels exposed and photograhed (see C6948), but not removed or registered; G 4610 A reexcavated in 1935 (see diary Vol.27.p.031, Vol.27.p.032), these vessels rephotographed (see B8436), removed, and registered (35-4-1) at that time.

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4610

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Full Bibliography

  • Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 521.