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Pottery [model] offering dish, [Type D LXXIX b]; in fragments.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:1

Details

ID
HUMFA_13-10-54
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_13-10-54; 13-10-54
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Period
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
Entry Date
10/21/1913
Title
Fragmentary pottery model dish
Medium
Pottery
Dimensions
Height: 4.2 cm Diameter: max: 11.5 cm; base: 5.3 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 4340 A, debris in shaft
Bibliography
Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 472, fig. 285, p. 474. 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. 87, fig. 127.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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