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Limestone canopy pole socket

Object register page:

Limestone [canopy pole socket] (cf. 25-3-232); has [DIAGRAM] (three strokes) incised near hole; traces of cement, very chipped. Illustration: Yes. Additional illustration: Yes. Additional illustration scale: no scale

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_25-3-233
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Architectural elements-Miscellaneous
  • Findspot
    G 7000 X, Hetepheres I, [shaft]
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    Height: 20.4 cm Width: bottom: 24.4 cm; top: 15.4 cm Diameter: bore: 6.4 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Date of Register Entry
    03/06/1925

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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. 14, fig. 17 (mislabeled 25-2-233).