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Fragment of faience inlay

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.

Details

  • ID
    MFAB_11.812
  • Department
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Classification
    Architectural elements-Tiles and inlays
  • Findspot
    Menkaure Pyramid Temple ([MPT] GMT / room L = room 10)
  • Material
    Faience
  • Dimensions
    Overall: 4.3 x 5.5 x 0.9 cm (1 11/16 x 2 3/16 x 3/8 in.)
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • 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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Full Bibliography

  • Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 236, pl. 20h.