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2 of 2 • Various objects from Menkaure pyramid temple, room L (= room 10) E part, and room C (= magazine 18): including: [room 10] MFA 11.812 (piece of faience inlay), [magazine 18] 07-1-58 (bivalve shell, one of fifteen)
Various objects from Menkaure pyramid temple, room L (= room 10) E part, and room C (= magazine 18): including: [room 10] MFA 11.812 (piece of faience inlay), [magazine 18] 07-1-58 (bivalve shell, one of fifteen)
Various objects from Menkaure pyramid temple, room L (= room 10) E part, and room C (= magazine 18): including: [room 10] MFA 11.812 (piece of faience inlay), [magazine 18] 07-1-58 (bivalve shell, one of fifteen)
Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple
Piece of faience with two incised rectangular spaces for inlay; blue glaze, glazed on one side only.
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- ID
- MFAB_11.812
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- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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- Classification
- Architectural elements-Tiles and inlays
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- Findspot
- Menkaure Pyramid Temple ([MPT] GMT / room L = room 10)
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- Material
- Faience
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- Dimensions
- Overall: 4.3 x 5.5 x 0.9 cm (1 11/16 x 2 3/16 x 3/8 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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- 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–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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- Site Name Menkaure Pyramid Complex
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Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 236, pl. 20h.
