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Thick flat pottery model plate (cf. 13-12-14), [Type D LXXIX a]; ordinary red brown ware, wheel-turned, hand smoothed.
Illustration: Yes

Details

ID
HUMFA_13-12-18
Alternate IDs
13-12-18; HUMFA_13-12-18
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Period
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
Entry Date
12/12/1913, 12/13/1913, 12/14/1913
Title
Pottery model dish
Medium
Pottery
Dimensions
Height: 1.6 cm Diameter: 9 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 4540 A
Bibliography
Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, pp. 480-481, fig. 289. 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. 86, fig. 127.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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