Digital Giza | Wood headrest

Wood headrest, made in three pieces (a, b, c); a and b joined by single tenon on b fitting in hole in a, b and c joined by two tenons fitting in holes in b and c. Illustration: Yes

ID

HUMFA_13-1-523
Department

Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification

Furniture
Findspot

Pit G 2335 A
Material

Wood
Dimensions

Height: 19.5 cm; tenon: 15 mm; tenon: 24 mm Width: tenon: 19 mm; tenon: 4 mm Length: tenon: 12 mm; tenon: 36 mm
Credit Line

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Object Ownership Information

MFA accession number: 13.3473a-c
Period

Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6
Date of Register Entry

January 1913
Problems/Questions

MFA accession number verified

G 2335
- Site Name Western Cemetery

A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 12: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers: Miscellaneous Objects, Page 581
- ID: HUMFA_13-1-523
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 12: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers: Miscellaneous Objects, Page 581 (alternate version)
- ID: HUMFA_13-1-523
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, GN2–Additional Material: Description of Addition to Cemetery en Échelon, Page AddCemEch 056 a
- ID: HUMFA_13-1-523

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