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Alabaster jar

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza

Rounded alabaster jar with pointed base

Details

  • ID
    GEM_4441
  • Department
    Grand Egyptian Museum
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Giza
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    8.5 cm
  • Credit Line
    Grand Egyptian Museum
  • Catalogue General number
    EMC_CG_18417
  • Journal d'Entree number
    EMC_JE_2786
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_1/10983
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_7/20054
  • Period
    Old Kingdom or Middle Kingdom
  • Notes
    Found December 1858. Height incorrectly listed in JE as 85 cm. GEM: Old Kingdom; CG: Middle Kingdom? A large portion of Special Register section 7 (volumes 13-16) was originally misnumbered, with the object numbers following in sequence from section 1 volume 4; these numbers have thus been given EMC_SR_1 prefixes, despite being recorded in section 7. Hence this jar is EMC_SR_1/10983. The SR numbering was then ammended to the proper section 7 sequence, and this jar was given number EMC_SR_7/20054.
  • Remarks
    RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): G. J_quier; ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_CG_18417; EMC_SR_7.10983; EMC_JE_2786

Full Bibliography

  • Von Bissing, W..Steingefaesse, Vienna