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Alabaster model jar

One alabaster model cylinder jar, [Type I d]. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_35-11-69
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    G 4811+4812: pit G 4811 B, chamber
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    Height: 5.2 cm Diameter: 3.1 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • 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.

Tombs and Monuments 1

Unpublished Documents 1

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. 93.