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Fragment of alabaster model bowl

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7112, G 7133 (formerly G 7130 X), G 7431, G 7610+7620, G 7110-7120, G 7210-7220, street G 7100

Fragment of alabaster [model bowl], [Type X b], (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); joins 25-1-29. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2. Additional illustration: Yes. Additional illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_24-12-259
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    G 7110-7120: pit G 7110 B
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    Height: 5.7 cm Diameter: mouth: ca 8.3 cm; base: ca 4.6 cm Thickness: .85 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 24.2761
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khufu
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/11/1924
  • Remarks
    24-12-259 (= MFA 24.2761) + 25-1-29 (= MFA 25.1541)
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

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Unpublished Documents 3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. 100.

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