Gneiss cup
Gneiss cup (H.S.C. 1) (conical bowl); fine grained, grey speckled with black; broken and mended, pieces missing.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.1736
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_11.1736; 11.1736
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Vessels
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Gneiss cup
- Medium
- Anorthosite gneiss
- Dimensions
- Height x diameter: 12.2 x 12.1 cm (4 13/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Menkaure Valley Temple (MVT)
- Bibliography
- Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 186, fig. 56, no. 2. Thomas, Nancy, ed. The American Discovery of Ancient Egypt. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1995, p. 128, cat. 40e.
- Notes
- This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 1908-1910: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1911: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession date: March 2, 1911)