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Eight alabaster model dishes, [Type IX a].
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:1

Details

ID
HUMFA_14-2-43
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_14-2-43; 14-2-43
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Period
Old Kingdom
Entry Date
02/27/1914 - 03/01/1914
Title
Alabaster model dishes
Medium
Alabaster
Dimensions
Height: 1.8 - 2.1 cm Diameter: 5 - 6.1 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. 99.
Remarks
Eight alabaster model dishes accessioned as MFA 14.1217
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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