Alabaster model dishes
Five alabaster model dishes, [Type X a]. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1
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- ID
- HUMFA_15-11-49
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Classification
- Vessels
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- Findspot
- Pit G 4610 A, chamber
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- Material
- Alabaster
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- Dimensions
- Height: 1.3 - 1.7 cm Diameter: 3.8 - 4.8 cm
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Grand Egyptian Museum number
- GEM_8038
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- Journal d'Entree number
- EMC_JE_46575
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- Object Ownership Information
- Three in collection of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; two in Grand Egyptian Museum
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- Date of Register Entry
- 11/23/1915
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- Notes
- Five model vessels originally registered as HUMFA_15-11-49. Three are in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (unaccessioned); remaining two are in the collection of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM_8038, formerly Cairo Museum EMC_JE_46575).
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 520, fig. 323 (differs from OR illustration).
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.