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[One of] three alabaster model cylinder jars, [Type I d].
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:1

Details

ID
HUMFA_27-5-26a
Alternate IDs
27-5-26a; HUMFA_27-5-26a
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Entry Date
05/25/1927
Title
Alabaster model jar
Medium
Alabaster
Dimensions
Height: 4.2 cm; rim: .3 cm Width: 1.8 - 2.1 cm Diameter: mouth: 2.6 cm; base: 2.2 cm Depth: 1.1 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 7440 Z [= G 7442], on floor beside sarcophagus
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. 93 (misidentified as 25-5-26).

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