Digital Giza | Limestone model jars

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4530

Two white limestone model jars, [Type V a (1)].
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:1

ID: HUMFA_14-1-58
Alternate IDs: HUMFA_14-1-58; 14-1-58
Department: Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification: Vessels
Period: Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6
Entry Date: 01/15/1914 - 01/20/1914
Title: Limestone model jars
Medium: Limestone
Dimensions: Height: 6.4 cm Diameter: 3.9 cm
Credit Line: Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance: Pit G 4530 A, shaft and chamber
Bibliography: Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, pp. 488-489, fig. 297b. 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. 95.
Remarks: Two limestone model jars accessioned as MFA 14.1003.
Problems/Questions: MFA accession number verified

Limestone model jars