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Alabaster model cup

Details

  • ID
    GEM_7840
  • Department
    Grand Egyptian Museum
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    From tomb near the Eastern Cemetery; possibly Merykhufu?
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    2.6 cm
  • Credit Line
    Grand Egyptian Museum
  • Journal d'Entree number
    EMC_JE_47827
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_2/404
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
  • Excavator
    Tewfik Boulos (Effendi)
  • Notes
    Found by Tewfik Boulos, June 6, 1923. Cf. head of red granite statue, EMC_JE_47776; and EMC_TR_6.6.23.1.
  • Remarks
    ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_JE_47827; EMC_SR_2.404

People 1

Modern People

  • Tewfik Boulos (Effendi)

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates
    • Remarks Antiquities inspector. After 1924, Chief Inspector of the Department of Antiquities in Egypt.