Digital Giza | Limestone headrest

Soft white limestone headrest, in three pieces; fluted [column] slightly twisted, top and base broken into two pieces (mended), one corner of base missing. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

ID

HUMFA_36-9-1
Department

Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification

Furniture
Findspot

Pit G 2094 A, chamber
Material

Limestone
Dimensions

Height: 25 cm Width: 8.8 cm Length: 20 cm
Credit Line

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

MFA accession number: 2000.818
Date of Register Entry

09/11/1936
Problems/Questions

MFA accession number verified

G 2094
- 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A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 12: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers: Miscellaneous Objects, Page 588
- ID: HUMFA_36-9-1
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 12: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers: Miscellaneous Objects, Page 588 (alternate version)
- ID: HUMFA_36-9-1
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix L: Cemetery G 2000: Part 2: G 2088–G 2246 , page 155
- ID: HUMFA_36-9-1

Roth, Ann Macy. A Cemetery of Palace Attendants. Giza Mastabas 6. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1995, fig. 67, pl. 77a.

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