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Copper model cup

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; View: G 2381

Copper model cup with flaring sides; fragment missing

Details

  • ID
    GEM_912
  • Department
    Grand Egyptian Museum
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    G 2381 Z
  • Material
    Bronze or copper
  • Dimensions
    6.2 cm; 140 g
  • Credit Line
    Grand Egyptian Museum
  • Journal d'Entree number
    EMC_JE_44440
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_2/841
  • Period
    Old Kingdom
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Notes
    From excavations of George Reisner, 1912.
  • Remarks
    ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_JE_44440; EMC_SR_2.841

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2381

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

People 1

Modern People

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates American, 1867–1942
    • Remarks Egyptologist, archaeologist; Referred to as "the doctor" and "mudir" (Arabic for "director") in the excavation records. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.