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Alabaster model cup

[One of] two alabaster model offering cups, [Type X b]. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    GEM_927
  • Department
    Grand Egyptian Museum
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 7560 B, chamber
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    Height: 4 - 4.3 cm Diameter: rim: 4.6 - 4.8 cm; base: 2.1 - 2.4 cm
  • Credit Line
    Grand Egyptian Museum
  • Journal d'Entree number
    EMC_JE_67581
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_2/1158
  • Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts excavation number
    HUMFA_36-12-25
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/31/1936, 01/01/1937
  • Notes
    Two alabaster model cups originally registered as HUMFA_36-12-25; now in collection of the Grand Egyptian Museum, GEM_927 and GEM_928.

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 7560

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 2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. 100.