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Ten fragments of two alabaster bowls, [Type X c].
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

ID
HUMFA_33-1-6
Alternate IDs
33-1-6; HUMFA_33-1-6
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Entry Date
01/01/1933, 01/02/1933, 01/04/1933
Title
Fragments of alabaster bowls
Medium
Alabaster
Dimensions
Height: a) ca 12 cm; b) 7+ cm Diameter: a) ca 40 cm; b) ca 40 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 2120 A, debris of pit itself
Bibliography
Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 426, fig. 245, p. 429. 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. 101.
Remarks
Excavated on three succeeding days: January 1 (two fragments) January 2 (two fragments), January 4 (six fragments).
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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