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Small alabaster model offering jar with solid handle, [Type XIV b].
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

ID
GEM_16044
Alternate IDs
16044; GEM_16044; EMC_JE_56996; JE_56996; EMC_SR_2/1290; SR_2/1290; HUMFA_29-10-8; 29-10-8
Department
Grand Egyptian Museum
Classification
Tomb equipment-Models
Period
Old Kingdom
Entry Date
10/27/1929
Title
Alabaster model jar with handle
Medium
Alabaster
Dimensions
Height: 7.3 cm Diameter: 4.8 cm; base: 2.8 cm Weight: 213 g
Credit Line
Grand Egyptian Museum
Provenance
Pit G 7070 B, disturbed debris of chamber
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. 96, fig. 141.

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