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Alabaster model dish

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Small crudely made alabaster [model saucer], [Type IX a], (one of set of model vessels including 24-12-203, 24-12-259, 24-12-260, 24-12-1169, 24-12-1170, 24-12-1171, 25-1-29); base broken. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1. Additional illustrations: Yes. Additional illustrations scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_24-12-203
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 7110-7120: G 7110, chamber
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    Height: 1.7 cm Diameter: mouth: 5.7 cm; base: ca 1.3 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 24.2746
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khufu
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/08/1924
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

Published Documents 1

Unpublished Documents 3

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. 98 (incorrectly listed as 3 models).

    Simpson, William Kelly. The Mastabas of Kawab, Khafkhufu I and II. Giza Mastabas 3. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1978. p. 5, fig. 6.