Limestone model dishes
Ten white limestone model dishes, [Type X b]; eight complete. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1
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- ID
- HUMFA_14-1-53
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Classification
- Vessels
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- Findspot
- Pit G 4530 [A], shaft and chamber
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- Material
- Limestone
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- Dimensions
- Height: 1.6 - 2 cm Diameter: 4.1 - 5.8 cm
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Object Ownership Information
- MFA accession number: 14.998
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- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6
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- Date of Register Entry
- 01/15/1914 - 01/20/1914
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- Remarks
- Ten limestone model dishes accessioned as MFA 14.998.
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- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, pp. 489-490, 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. 100.