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Crudely made limestone saucer (cf. 29-12-71), [Type X b].

Details

ID
GEM_16058
Alternate IDs
16058; GEM_16058; EMC_JE_57011; JE_57011; EMC_SR_2/1304; SR_2/1304; HUMFA_29-12-91; 29-12-91
Department
Grand Egyptian Museum
Classification
Vessels
Period
Old Kingdom
Title
Limestone model vessel
Medium
Limestone
Dimensions
2.7 x 5.5 cm
Credit Line
Grand Egyptian Museum
Provenance
Pit G 7754 B, in coffin in room
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. 100.
Notes
Seven model dishes and two fragments originally registered as HUMFA_29-12-91; one is in the collection of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM_16058, formerly EMC_JE_57011); remaining six complete and two fragments are in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFAB_29.2777).
Remarks
RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): George Reisner; ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_JE_57011; EMC_SR_2.1304; HU-MFA_29-12-91

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