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Alabaster model (dummy) cylinder jar, [Type I d]; base narrower.
Illustration: No

Details

ID
HUMFA_14-11-194
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_14-11-194; 14-11-194
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Period
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4 - Dynasty 5
Entry Date
11/29/1914
Title
Alabaster model jar
Medium
Alabaster
Dimensions
Height: 6.5 cm Diameter: 3.5 cm; base: 2.5 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 5232 A, deposit [E] of [rock-cut] coffin
Bibliography
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. 93.
Remarks
For provenance see expedition diary Vol.08.p.057
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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