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Rectangular limestone basin

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza

Rectangular limestone basin (food offering case?); in five pieces, restored.

Details

  • ID
    GEM_8043
  • Department
    Grand Egyptian Museum
  • Classification
    Tomb equipment-Miscellaneous
  • Findspot
    Giza
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    22.0 x 48.0 cm
  • Credit Line
    Grand Egyptian Museum
  • Journal d'Entree number
    EMC_JE_44630
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_2/881
  • Period
    Old Kingdom
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Notes
    From excavations of George Reisner, 1912-1913.
  • Remarks
    RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): George Reisner; ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_JE_44630; EMC_SR_2.881

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.