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

Details

ID
HUMFA_25-12-91c
Alternate IDs
25-12-91c; HUMFA_25-12-91c
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Entry Date
12/06/1925
Title
Alabaster model jar
Medium
Alabaster
Dimensions
Height: 7.3 cm Diameter: top: 3 cm; shoulder: 3.9 cm; base: 2.8 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 6020 A, chamber, floor debris
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).
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

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