Copper model hes-vase
Copper model jar [(hes-vase)] (belongs with table 12-12-273). Illustration: No
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- ID
- HUMFA_12-12-274
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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 2381 A, [chamber] (60) (found on table 12-12-273)
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- Material
- Copper
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Object Ownership Information
- MFA accession number: 13.2938e
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- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6, reign of Pepy II
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- Date of Register Entry
- 12/31/1912
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- Remarks
- On model table 59 (12-12-273 = MFA 13.2938a) were model jar 60 (12-12-274 = MFA 13.2938e) and six model basins 61-66 (12-12-275, 12-12-276, 12-12-277, 12-12-278, 12-12-279, 12-12-280; three of these six basins accessioned as MFA 13.2938b, MFA 13.2938c, MFA 13.2938d; two of these six basins MFA owned unaccessioned).
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- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number 13.2938e verified for model hes vase
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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Reisner, George A. "A Family of Builders of the Sixth Dynasty, about 2600 B.C." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 11, No. 66 (November 1913), p. 61, fig. 16.
Thomas, Nancy, ed. The American Discovery of Ancient Egypt. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1995, pp. 136-137, cat. 47g (incorrectly attributed to G 2383).