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Alabaster model jar, [Type XV a (1)].
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

ID
EMC_JE_46575
Alternate IDs
EMC_JE_46575; JE_46575; HUMFA_15-11-54; 15-11-54; EMC_SR_2/1203; SR_2/1203
Department
Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Classification
Vessels
Entry Date
11/23/1915
Title
Alabaster model jar
Medium
Alabaster
Dimensions
Height: 7.1 cm Diameter: 4.6 cm
Credit Line
Egyptian Museum, Cairo
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. 97.
Notes
11 assorted model vessels registered as EMC_JE_46575 (= EMC_SR_2/1203); of these, ten are in the collection of the Grand Egyptian Museum, GEM_8038. Remaining alabaster model jar originally registered as HUMFA_15-11-54.

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