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Twenty-five alabaster model saucers, [Type IX a].
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:1

Details

ID
HUMFA_14-1-40
Alternate IDs
14-1-40; HUMFA_14-1-40
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Entry Date
01/10/1914
Title
Alabaster model dishes
Medium
Alabaster
Dimensions
Height: 1.2 cm Diameter: 3.6 - 5.8 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 4631 B, chamber
Bibliography
Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, pp. 496-497, fig. 304b. 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. 99.
Remarks
Twenty-five alabaster model dishes accessioned as MFA 14.988.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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