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Alabaster dummy jar, [Type XVI a]; bored, rubbed.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

ID
HUMFA_12-11-7
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_12-11-7; 12-11-7
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Period
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5 - Dynasty 6
Entry Date
11/05/1912
Title
Alabaster model jar
Medium
Alabaster
Dimensions
Height: 8.7 cm Diameter: 3.8 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 2360 A
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. p. 97, fig. 144.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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