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Five small pottery saucers, [Type D LXXIX a]; ordinary brown ware; incomplete.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

ID
HUMFA_14-1-24
Alternate IDs
14-1-24; HUMFA_14-1-24
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Period
Old Kingdom
Entry Date
01/04/1914, 01/06/1914, 01/10/1914
Title
Pottery model dishes
Medium
Pottery
Dimensions
Height: 1.9 - 3.5 cm Diameter: 7.5 - 9.5 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 4630 A, shaft
Bibliography
Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 493, fig. 299, p. 495. 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. 87, fig. 127.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession numbers verified

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