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1 of 1 • Stone vessels from Menkaure valley temple: alabaster vessels (jars, bowls, cups/conical bowls): top row: A.B.R. 8 (= MFA 11.1627), A.B. __ (= MFA 11.451), S.Cyl. 147 (= MFA 11.1558), A.Sq. 63 (= MFA 11.1168), F. 5 (= MFA 11.1231, ring stand, upside down), A.Sq. __, A.B.R. __; second row: A.Sh.J. 37 (= MFA 11.601), F. 8 (= MFA 11.1563, ring stand, upside down), S.Cyl. __, A.Sh.J. 6 (= MFA 11.676), A.B.R. 3 (= MFA 11.1620), A.B.R. 1 (= MFA 11.644); third row: A.C. 6 (= MFA 11.657), F. 4 (= MFA 11.621a-b), A.B.R. 7 (= MFA 11.1542), A.C. __, F. 3 (= MFA 11.1206), A.C. 7 (= MFA 11.901a-b); fourth row: A.B.R. 2 (= MFA 11.922), A.B. 6 (= MFA 11.445), A.B. 4 (= MFA 11.1157), A.B. __; bottom row: F. __ (= MFA 11.1622), A.B. __, F. 6 (= MFA 11.1631a-b), F. 9 (= MFA 11.1625)
Stone vessels from Menkaure valley temple: alabaster vessels (jars, bowls, cups/conical bowls): top row: A.B.R. 8 (= MFA 11.1627), A.B. __ (= MFA 11.451), S.Cyl. 147 (= MFA 11.1558), A.Sq. 63 (= MFA 11.1168), F. 5 (= MFA 11.1231, ring stand, upside down), A.Sq. __, A.B.R. __; second row: A.Sh.J. 37 (= MFA 11.601), F. 8 (= MFA 11.1563, ring stand, upside down), S.Cyl. __, A.Sh.J. 6 (= MFA 11.676), A.B.R. 3 (= MFA 11.1620), A.B.R. 1 (= MFA 11.644); third row: A.C. 6 (= MFA 11.657), F. 4 (= MFA 11.621a-b), A.B.R. 7 (= MFA 11.1542), A.C. __, F. 3 (= MFA 11.1206), A.C. 7 (= MFA 11.901a-b); fourth row: A.B.R. 2 (= MFA 11.922), A.B. 6 (= MFA 11.445), A.B. 4 (= MFA 11.1157), A.B. __; bottom row: F. __ (= MFA 11.1622), A.B. __, F. 6 (= MFA 11.1631a-b), F. 9 (= MFA 11.1625)

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

Alabaster bowl (A.B. 6); fine grained, wavy lined, much of surface is opaque white; broken and mended, pieces missing.

Details

  • ID
    MFAB_11.445
  • Department
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Menkaure Valley Temple (MVT)
  • Material
    Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
  • Dimensions
    Overall: 10.4 x 28 cm
  • 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. 1908-1910: 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)

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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. 183, fig. 50, no. 33.