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White limestone model [offering] table, [Type XII b]; incomplete.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:1

Details

ID
HUMFA_14-1-61
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_14-1-61; 14-1-61
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Tomb equipment-Offering tables and basins
Period
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6
Entry Date
01/15/1914 - 01/20/1914
Title
Limestone model offering table
Medium
Limestone
Dimensions
Height: 5.1 cm Diameter: 10.5 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. 489-490, 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. 101, fig. 148.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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