Granite bearing stone
Dark granite bearing stone for ropes; three grooves for rope on one end, conical boring (broken) on opposite end.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.34910
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_11.34910; 11.34910
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Tools & equipment-Woodworking and stoneworking
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Granite bearing stone
- Medium
- Granite
- Dimensions
- 12 x 8 x 11 cm (4 3/4 x 3 1/8 x 4 5/16 in.)
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Menkaure Valley Temple (MVT)
- Bibliography
- Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, p. 282, cat. 76. Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, pl. A (line drawing 6).
- Notes
- This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 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.