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Alabaster model dish

One of four small alabaster model offering saucers; rough, bored and rubbed.

Details

  • ID
    MFAB_13.3313
  • Department
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    G 2382, [(originally thought to be a tomb, but now known to be a jumbled deposit of limestone blocks from other nearby tombs)], [Senedjemib complex court], hole to S
  • Material
    Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
  • Dimensions
    Height x diameter: 1.9 x 6.1 cm (3/4 x 2 3/8 in.)
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5
  • 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; 1913: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.