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Mud jar stopper

Mud jar seal/stopper; uninscribed; almost complete. Illustration: No

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_34-12-14
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Seals, sealings & stoppers
  • Findspot
    Pit G 1457 A, debris of chamber
  • Material
    Mud
  • Dimensions
    Height: seal/stopper: 3.5 cm Diameter: seal/stopper: 7.5 cm; mouth of jar: outside: 6.6 cm; inside: 5 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/21/1934

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 1457

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 3

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. 50.