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Five small crudely made limestone saucers (cf. 29-12-91, similar but varying slightly), [Type X b].
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:1

Details

ID
HUMFA_29-12-71
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_29-12-71; 29-12-71
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Tomb equipment-Models
Entry Date
12/05/1929
Title
Limestone model dishes
Medium
Limestone
Dimensions
Height: illustrated saucer: 2.2 cm; other saucers: 2 - 2.2 cm Diameter: illustrated saucer, rim: 4.8 cm; illustrated saucer, base: 4 cm; other saucers, rim: 4.5 - 4.7 cm; other saucers, base: 3.6 - 4 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 7754 B, debris of room
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. 100.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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