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Two pottery [model bowls], [Type D LXXIX b]; ordinary brown ware; one incomplete.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:1

Details

ID
HUMFA_14-1-72
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_14-1-72; 14-1-72
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Period
Old Kingdom
Entry Date
01/15/1914 - 01/20/1914
Title
Pottery model bowls
Medium
Pottery
Dimensions
Height: 3.2 cm Diameter: 8.4 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, p. 489, fig. 297a, p. 491. 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.
Remarks
One of two pottery model bowls accessioned as MFA 14.1021.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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