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Half of small alabaster [model offering] [cup], [Type X b].
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:1.
Additional illustration: Yes.
Additional illustration scale: 1:2

Details

ID
HUMFA_25-2-730
Alternate IDs
25-2-730; HUMFA_25-2-730
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Entry Date
02/16/1925
Title
Fragment of alabaster model cup
Medium
Alabaster
Dimensions
Height: 3.8 cm Diameter: 3.6 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
G 7410-7420: pit G 7410 B, under [overturned] coffin [of Meresankh II]
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.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

Photos 3

Unpublished Documents 3