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Thirty-six alabaster model dishes, [Type X b].
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:1

Details

ID
HUMFA_14-2-39
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_14-2-39; 14-2-39
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Period
Old Kingdom, Late Dynasty 5 or Dynasty 6
Entry Date
02/27/1914 - 03/01/1914
Title
Alabaster model dishes
Medium
Alabaster
Dimensions
Height: 2 - 2.4 cm Diameter: 4 - 5.4 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 4733 E
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.
Remarks
Thirty-five of thirty-six alabaster model dishes accessioned as MFA 14.1214
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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