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Alabaster model dish

Well-made alabaster model offering dish, [Type IX a]; broken in two pieces, mended. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_35-12-42
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 2385 X, chamber
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    Height: 1.7 cm Diameter: 7.1 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 35.2017
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/29/1935
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2385

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

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. 99.