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Alabaster model dishes

Thirty small alabaster offering saucers and fragment of another, no two exactly alike, but six main types (a-f), [Type X b, and some Type X a]. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_12-11-9
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 2360 A, chamber
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    Diameter: 4.1 - 6.8 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession numbers: 13.3119–13.3124, 13.3286–13.3309
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5 - Dynasty 6
  • Date of Register Entry
    11/05/1912
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession numbers verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2360

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 1

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. 100.