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3 of 4 • Alabaster model offering vessels from G 4610 A: top row: 35-4-1a (eleven of twenty-two dishes); second row: 35-4-1a (eleven of twenty-two dishes); third row: 35-4-1b (four of thirteen cups), 35-4-1c (one of two cups), 35-4-1b (one of thirteen cups), 35-4-1c (one of two cups), 35-4-1b (four of thirteen cups); bottom row: 35-4-1b (two of thirteen cups), 35-4-1f (one of two jars), 35-4-1e (one jar), 35-4-1d (two of two jars), 35-4-1f (one of two jars), 35-4-1b (two of thirteen cups)
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Cemetery G 4000: G 4610 A, burial chamber, alabaster model vessels (35-4-1) in situ in niche (recess) in S wall, looking S
Alabaster model offering vessels from G 4610 A: top row: 35-4-1a (eleven of twenty-two dishes); second row: 35-4-1a (eleven of twenty-two dishes); third row: 35-4-1b (four of thirteen cups), 35-4-1c (one of two cups), 35-4-1b (one of thirteen cups), 35-4-1c (one of two cups), 35-4-1b (four of thirteen cups); bottom row: 35-4-1b (two of thirteen cups), 35-4-1f (one of two jars), 35-4-1e (one jar), 35-4-1d (two of two jars), 35-4-1f (one of two jars), 35-4-1b (two of thirteen cups)
Cemetery G 4000: G 4610 A, burial chamber, alabaster model vessels (35-4-1) in situ in niche (recess) in S wall, looking S
Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4610
Alabaster model offering vessels: d) two small model jars, [Type XV a (1)]. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1
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- ID
- HUMFA_35-4-1d
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Classification
- Vessels
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- Findspot
- Pit G 4610 A, chamber, in SE recess
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- Material
- Alabaster
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- Dimensions
- Height: 7.5 - 7.7 cm Diameter: max: 4.4 - 4.9 cm; rim: 3.4 - 2.9 cm; base: 3 - 2.9 cm
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Object Ownership Information
- MFA
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- Date of Register Entry
- 04/01/1935
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- 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.
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 520, fig. 323.
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. 97.
