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Three small limestone dummy canopic jars, [Type V a (1)], no lids, one slightly smaller with piece broken from side.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

ID
HUMFA_27-1-340
Alternate IDs
27-1-340; HUMFA_27-1-340
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Tomb equipment-Canopics and canopic Boxes
Entry Date
01/31/1927
Title
Limestone canopic jars
Medium
Limestone
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
G 7330-7340: pit G 7330 B, debris of pit itself
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. 95 (incorrectly listed as 13 models), fig. 140.

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