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Limestone canopic jars

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4810, G 4811+4812, G 4813

Four white limestone dummy canopic jars without lids, [Type V a (1)]; chisel marks all over each one. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_35-11-64
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Tomb equipment-Canopics and canopic Boxes
  • Findspot
    G 4811+4812: pit G 4811 B, chamber
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    Height: 28 - 29 cm Diameter: 17 - 18 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • Date of Register Entry
    11/21/1935
  • Remarks
    G 4811 B burial chamber was first excavated (see diary Vol.09.p.055) and photographed (C6964, C6971, C6972, C6988) in 1915; reexcavated (see diary Vol.27.p.176) and objects registered in 1935.

Tombs and Monuments 1

Unpublished Documents 1

Full Bibliography

  • Reisner, George Andrew, 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: Harvard University Press, 1955. p. 95, fig. 140.