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Limestone model dishes

[Six] crudely made limestone saucers (cf. 29-12-71), [Type X b], varying slightly, and two fragments. Illustration: No

Details

  • ID
    MFAB_29.2777
  • Department
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 7754 B, in coffin in room
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    Height: 2 - 2.3 cm Diameter: rim: 4.8 - 5.7 cm
  • Credit Line
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Previous Number
    HUMFA_29-12-91
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 29.2777
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/07/1929
  • Notes
    Seven model dishes and two fragments originally registered as HUMFA_29-12-91; one is in the collection of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM_16058, formerly EMC_JE_57011); remaining six complete and two fragments are in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFAB_29.2777).
  • Remarks
    Six limestone model dishes accessioned as MFA 29.2777
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 7754

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 1

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.