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Clear alabaster bowl, [Type X a].
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

ID
HUMFA_13-12-8
Alternate IDs
13-12-8; HUMFA_13-12-8
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Period
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4 - Dynasty 6
Entry Date
12/12/1913
Title
Alabaster bowl
Medium
Alabaster
Dimensions
Height: 8 cm Diameter: 24.6 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 4640 A, shaft
Bibliography
Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, pp. 482-483, fig. 291. 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.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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