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Mud jar seal/stopper; uninscribed; almost complete.
Illustration: No

Details

ID
HUMFA_34-12-14
Alternate IDs
34-12-14; HUMFA_34-12-14
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Seals, sealings & stoppers
Entry Date
12/21/1934
Title
Mud jar stopper
Medium
Mud
Dimensions
Height: seal/stopper: 3.5 cm Diameter: seal/stopper: 7.5 cm; mouth of jar: outside: 6.6 cm; inside: 5 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 1457 A, 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. 50.

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