Skip to main content

Four alabaster model basins, [Type X b].
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:1

Details

ID
HUMFA_15-11-50
Alternate IDs
15-11-50; HUMFA_15-11-50; GEM_8038; 8038; EMC_JE_46575; JE_46575
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Entry Date
11/23/1915
Title
Alabaster model basins
Medium
Alabaster
Dimensions
Height: 1.9 - 3.1 cm Diameter: 3.6 - 5.1 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 4610 A, chamber
Bibliography
Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 520, fig. 323. 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.
Notes
Four model basins originally registered as HUMFA_15-11-50. Two 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).

Tombs and Monuments 1

Photos 3

Unpublished Documents 1