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Alabaster model cup

Details

  • ID
    EMC_TR_6.6.23.1a
  • Department
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    From tomb near the Eastern Cemetery; possibly Merykhufu?
  • Material
    Calcite/Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    Diam. 5 to 6.2 cm
  • Credit Line
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_2/11376
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
  • Excavator
    Tewfik Boulos (Effendi)
  • Object owned by
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Notes
    Found by Tewfik Boulos, June 6, 1923. Part of lot EMC_JE_47824 - EMC_JE_47832. Cf. head of red granite statue, EMC_JE_47776.

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.

Institutions 1