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Alabaster model vessels

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; View: G 5330

Four alabaster model vessels: three bowls and one unidentified object.

Details

  • ID
    GEM_8025
  • Department
    Grand Egyptian Museum
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    G 5330 A
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    Diameter of bowls: 5.6, 6, 6.2 cm
  • Credit Line
    Grand Egyptian Museum
  • Journal d'Entree number
    EMC_JE_46577
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_2/1205
  • Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts excavation number
    HUMFA_14-11-205
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Notes
    From excavations of George Reisner. Registered in JE February 8, 1920. These are perhaps three of the nine and one-half model bowls registered as HUMFA_14-11-205.
  • Remarks
    RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): George Reisner; RELATED SITE(S): G 5330 Pit A; ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_JE_46577; EMC_SR_1205; HU-MFA_15-5-322, HU-MFA_14-11-205

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 5330

    • 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.