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Fragment of schist bowl

Object register page:

Rim [fragment] of shallow [metamorphic schist] [bowl], [Type X c]. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1. Additional illustrations: Yes. Additional illustrations scale: 1:2 and 1:5

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_24-11-564
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    [Avenue G 1], N of subsidiary pyramid G I-b, [between G I-a and G I-b]
  • Material
    [Metamorphic schist]
  • Dimensions
    Height: 3.4 cm; [original: 10.2 cm] Width: 7.5 cm Length: 10.1 cm Diameter: [original: 36.2 cm] Thickness: .6 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 24.2523
  • Date of Register Entry
    11/16/1924
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 3

  • Avenue G 1

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery

  • G I-a

    • Site Name Khufu Pyramid Complex

  • G I-b

    • Site Name Khufu Pyramid Complex

Full Bibliography

  • 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, p. 101.