Digital Giza | Limestone model dishes

Sixteen white limestone model saucers, [Type IX c]; fourteen complete. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1

ID

HUMFA_14-1-51
Department

Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification

Vessels
Findspot

Pit G 4530 [A], shaft and chamber
Material

Limestone
Dimensions

Height: 1.6 - 2.4 cm Diameter: 4 - 6.1 cm
Credit Line

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

MFA accession number: 14.996
Period

Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6
Date of Register Entry

01/15/1914 - 01/20/1914
Remarks

Sixteen limestone model dishes accessioned as MFA 14.996.
Problems/Questions

MFA accession number verified

G 4530
- Site Name Western Cemetery

A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix N: Cemetery G 4000, page 031
- ID: HUMFA_14-1-51

Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 489, fig. 297b.

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. 99, fig. 145.