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Alabaster model bowl

Alabaster model bowl, [Type X a]. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_27-5-29
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 7440 Z [= G 7442], on floor beside sarcophagus
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    Height: 3.3 cm Diameter: 4.5 cm x 4.4 cm; base: 2 cm Depth: 1.4 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 27.1552
  • Date of Register Entry
    05/25/1927
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 2

Unpublished Documents 1

Full Bibliography

  • Markowitz, Yvonne J., Joyce L. Haynes, and Rita E. Freed. Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids: Highlights from the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition. Boston: MFA Publications, 2002, p. 95, cat. 35e.

    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.