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Alabaster model jar

[One of] three alabaster model jars, [Type XVI a]. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_25-12-91b
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 6020 A, chamber, floor debris
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    Height: 7.3 cm Diameter: top: 2.9 cm; shoulder: 3.5 cm; base: 2.5 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 25.2804
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/06/1925
  • Remarks
    Three alabaster model jars (25-12-91a, 25-12-91b, 25-12-91c) accessioned as MFA 25.2804.
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 6020

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

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. 98 (misidentified as 25-12-90).