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Unfinished limestone model dishes

[Three] pieces of worked limestone, [unfinished model dishes] (cf. 29-12-93, like 29-12-71 and 29-12-72, but not hollowed out), [Type X b]. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1

Details

  • ID
    MFAB_29.2773
  • Department
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 7754 B, debris of room
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    Height: 2.1 - 2.7 cm Diameter: top: 3.8 - 5.3 cm; base: 3.6 - 4.4 cm
  • Credit Line
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts excavation number
    HUMFA_29-12-73
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 29.2773
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/05/1929
  • Notes
    Six unfinished limestone model dishes originally registered as HUMFA_29-12-73; three are in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFAB_29.2773), and three are in the collection of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM_16053, formerly EMC_JE_57006; GEM_16056, formerly EMC_JE_57009; and GEM_16057, formerly EMC_JE_57010).
  • Remarks
    Three of six limestone model dishes (unfinished) accessioned as MFA 29.2773
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 7754

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 1

Full 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.