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Alabaster model dishes

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4714, G 2100, G 2375, G 2385, G 4811+4812, G 5563

Seventeen small alabaster model offering dishes, [Type X b]; poor quality. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_35-12-5
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4714 A, chamber
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    Height: 1 - 1.7 cm Diameter: 3.6 - 6 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession numbers: 35.2013–35.2016
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/04/1935
  • Remarks
    Four of seventeen model dishes accessioned as MFA 35.2013–35.2016
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession numbers verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4714

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 1

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.