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Gold razor

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; View: G 7000 X

Gold razor, rounded

Details

  • ID
    GEM_6231
  • Department
    Grand Egyptian Museum
  • Classification
    Tools & Equipment-Cosmetic and Medical
  • Findspot
    G 7000 X
  • Material
    Gold
  • Dimensions
    0.3 x 4.8 x 10.3 cm; 29 g
  • Credit Line
    Grand Egyptian Museum
  • Journal d'Entree number
    EMC_JE_52420
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_1/10134
  • Hetepheres findspot number
    HH_1149
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khufu
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Notes
    From excavations of George Reisner, 1925. Misidentified in JE as Hetepheres findspot number HH_1145. 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.
  • Remarks
    RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): George Reisner; ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_JE_52420; EMC_SR_1.10134; HU-MFA_1149; RELATED DIARY PAGE(S): MFAB_Vol.19.p.555; MFAB_Vol.19.p.556; RELATED CONTITUENT(S): George Reisner; RELATED SITE(S): G 7000 X; RELATED MEDIA: B6160, B6161, B6161P, B6490, B6491, B6492, B6495, B6496

Tombs and Monuments 1

Full Bibliography

  • Reisner, George A. "Hetep-Heres, Mother of Cheops." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 25, supplement (May 1927), p. 26, unnumbered fig; Reisner, George A. "The Household Furniture of Queen Hetep-heres I." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 27, No. 164 (December 1929), p. 89, fig. 10; Reisner, George A., and William Stevenson Smith. The Tomb of Hetep-Heres the Mother of Cheops: a Study of Egyptian Civilization in the Old Kingdom. A History of the Giza Necropolis 2. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1955, pl. 40c

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.