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Alabaster offering table base

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

Alabaster base of offering table (T. 2) [aka. S.Cyl. 112], concave with flaring base; drilled with borer; fine grained, wavy lined; broken and mended.

Details

  • ID
    MFAB_11.472
  • Department
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Classification
    Tomb equipment-Offering tables and basins
  • Findspot
    Menkaure Valley Temple (MVT)
  • Material
    Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
  • Dimensions
    Overall: 9.1 x 10 cm (3 9/16 x 3 15/16 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. 1908: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1911: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession date: March 2, 1911)
  • Remarks
    Object mislabeled S.Cyl. 112.

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