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Fragments of large pottery straight-sided [flaring bowls]; RW (red ware).
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

ID
HUMFA_33-1-58
Alternate IDs
33-1-58; HUMFA_33-1-58
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Entry Date
01/14/1933
Title
Fragments of pottery flaring bowls
Medium
Pottery
Dimensions
Height: 20.6 cm Diameter: 41.6 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 2200 (= G 5080) C, debris of pit itself
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. 85.
Remarks
Only one bowl originally recorded in object register and only one example cited in publication, but several appear in expedition photos.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession numbers verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

Photos 4

Unpublished Documents 4