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Alabaster model dish

Object register page:

Alabaster [model saucer] (cf. 24-12-546), [Type X b], (one of set of model vessels, five saucers and one jar, including 24-12-965, 24-12-966, 24-12-967, 25-1-126, 25-1-389, 25-1-390). Illustration: No. Supplementary illustration: Yes. Supplementary illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_24-12-966
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 7130 X [= G 7133]
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    Height: 1.6 cm Diameter: 4.3 cm Thickness: .4 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 24.2976
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/26/1924
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 7133

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery

Published Documents 1

Unpublished Documents 1

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. 33, fig. 64.