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Fragment of alabaster model cup

Half of small alabaster [model offering] [cup], [Type X b]. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1. Additional illustration: Yes. Additional illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_25-2-730
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    G 7410-7420: pit G 7410 B, under [overturned] coffin [of Meresankh II]
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    Height: 3.8 cm Diameter: 3.6 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 25.2411
  • Date of Register Entry
    02/16/1925
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 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Unpublished Documents 3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. 100.