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1 of 2 • Stone vessels: left: [G 2011] MFA 06.1890; right: [G 2024] MFA 06.1891. [Image also known as: C12670_NS]
Stone vessels: left: [G 2011] MFA 06.1890; right: [G 2024] MFA 06.1891. [Image also known as: C12670_NS]
G 2011, Notes on alabaster cup
Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2011, G 2024
Small alabaster model cup (shaped like inverted trucated cone); translucent and very crystalline and white, smooth finish; rim chipped
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- ID
- MFAB_06.1890
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- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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- Classification
- Vessels
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- Findspot
- G 2011
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- Material
- Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
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- Dimensions
- Height x diameter: 3.1 x 3.9 cm (1 1/4 x 1 9/16 in.)
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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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- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5 - Dynasty 6
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- Date of Register Entry
- about 2465–2150 B.C.
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- Notes
- This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 1905-1906: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1906: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
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- Remarks
- Object not registered (no registration records for 1903-1904-1905-1906).
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
