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Alabaster [pesesh-kef].
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:1

Details

ID
HUMFA_28-5-184
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_28-5-184; 28-5-184
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Entry Date
05/18/1928
Title
Alabaster pesesh-kef
Medium
Alabaster
Dimensions
Width: max: 3.8 cm; middle: 1.7 cm; end: 2.3 cm Length: 8.4 cm Thickness: .8 - 1 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 7550 B, debris of chamber
Bibliography
D'Auria, Sue, Peter Lacovara, and Catharine H. Roehrig. Mummies & Magic: The Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1988, p. 80-81, cat. 11. Roth, Ann Macy. "Fingers, Stars, and the 'Opening of the Mouth': the Nature and Function of the nTrwj-blades." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 79 (1993), p. 58, note 8.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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