Digital Giza | Column of alabaster headrest

Alabaster headrest, in three pieces; joints left slightly rough: b) fluted [column] with twenty-five rills. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

ID

HUMFA_35-11-67b
Department

Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification

Furniture
Findspot

G 4811+4812: pit G 4811 B, chamber
Material

Alabaster
Dimensions

Height: 13.6 cm Diameter: top: 5.2 cm; bottom: 6.6 cm
Credit Line

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Object Ownership Information

MFA accession number: 37.1334a-c
Date of Register Entry

11/21/1935
Remarks

G 4811 B burial chamber was first excavated (see diary Vol.09.p.055) and photographed (C6964, C6971, C6972, C6988) in 1915; reexcavated (see diary Vol.27.p.176) and objects registered in 1935.
Problems/Questions

MFA accession number verified

G 4811+4812
- Site Name Western Cemetery

A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 12: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers: Miscellaneous Objects, Page 585
- ID: HUMFA_35-11-67b
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 12: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers: Miscellaneous Objects, Page 585 (alternate version)
- ID: HUMFA_35-11-67b
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix N: Cemetery G 4000, page 109a
- ID: HUMFA_35-11-67b

Column of alabaster headrest

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