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Alabaster model jar, [Type XV a (3)]; made from statue base (?), finely dressed surface on bottom, boring marks.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

ID
HUMFA_15-12-25
Alternate IDs
15-12-25; HUMFA_15-12-25
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Entry Date
12/09/1915
Title
Alabaster model jar
Medium
Alabaster
Dimensions
Height: 8.3 cm Width: bottom: 2.8 cm Length: bottom: 2.6 cm Diameter: mouth: 3.8 cm; at 3.4 cm down: 4.2 - 4.3 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 4714 A, chamber
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. 97.

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