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2 of 3 • Flints from Menkaure pyramid temple, room C (= magazine 18) (obverse, see A231): top row: 07-1-46, 07-1-58; bottom row: 07-1-51 (= MFA 11.774), 07-1-50 (= MFA 11.261), 07-1-65 (= MFA 11.775), 07-1-68
Flints from Menkaure pyramid temple, room C (= magazine 18) (reverse, see A230): top row: 07-1-46, 07-1-58; bottom row: 07-1-51 (= MFA 11.774), 07-1-50 (= MFA 11.261), 07-1-65 (= MFA 11.775), 07-1-68 (rephotograph of A231)
Flints from Menkaure pyramid temple, room C (= magazine 18) (obverse, see A231): top row: 07-1-46, 07-1-58; bottom row: 07-1-51 (= MFA 11.774), 07-1-50 (= MFA 11.261), 07-1-65 (= MFA 11.775), 07-1-68
Flints from Menkaure pyramid temple, room C (= magazine 18) (reverse, see A230): top row: 07-1-46, 07-1-58; bottom row: 07-1-51 (= MFA 11.774), 07-1-50 (= MFA 11.261), 07-1-65 (= MFA 11.775), 07-1-68 (rephotographed as C13342)

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple

Tan flint knife; handle possibly broken, cross mended in three parts. [07-1-50]

Details

  • ID
    MFAB_11.261
  • Department
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Classification
    Tools & Equipment-Knives, Blades, Scrapers
  • Findspot
    Menkaure Pyramid Temple ([MPT] GMT / room C = magazine 18 / 7)
  • Material
    Flint
  • Dimensions
    Overall: 21.5 x 0.8 cm (8 7/16 x 5/16 in.)
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
  • Notes
    This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. Excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1911: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
  • Remarks
    Registration number obtained from publication; no registration records available for 1907.

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Full Bibliography

  • Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 18, pl. 18d.