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Cemetery G 2300: G 2360 A, burial chamber, sarcophagus, alabaster model dishes (12-11-9 or 12-11-20a) and disk lid of limestone canopic jar (12-11-14) in situ on floor of chamber, looking W

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_A706_NS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2360
  • Date
    11/08/1912
  • Remarks
    Alabaster model dishes: thirty (12-11-9) found November 5 (see Vol.04.p.030) and registered on same date, an additional twenty-seven (12-11-20a) registered on November 6 but not mentioned in excavation diary; photos (A706, C3023) of model dishes on floor of chamber dated November 8, portions of which batch (12-11-9 or 12-11-20a) shown unknown. 12-11-9: thirty model dishes accessioned as MFA 13.3119–MFA 13.3124, MFA 13.3286–MFA 13.3309; 12-11-20a: twenty-six of twenty-seven alabaster model dishes accessioned as MFA 13.3315–MFA 13.1337, MFA 13.3125–MFA 13.3127; 12-11-14: four limestone canopic jars with lids accessioned as MFA 13.3104a-b–MFA 13.3407a-b
  • Problems/Questions
    VERIFIED: tomb ID verified based on tomb tag; looking S corrected to read looking W based on shaft drawing EG019687; object identifications made based on object register; MFA accession numbers verified; description expanded based on image content

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2360

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Finds 2