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Small limestone model offering jar, [Type XV a (1)]; not hollowed out completely. Illustration: yes.

Details

ID
GEM_16046
Alternate IDs
GEM_16046; 16046; EMC_JE_56999; JE_56999; EMC_SR_2/1292; SR_2/1292; HUMFA_29-12-167; 29-12-167
Department
Grand Egyptian Museum
Classification
Vessels
Period
Old Kingdom
Title
Limestone model jar
Medium
Limestone
Dimensions
7.8 x 2.9 cm; 63 g
Credit Line
Grand Egyptian Museum
Provenance
Pit G 7753 A, debris of burial chamber
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. 97.
Notes
Six llimestone model jars originally registered as HUMFA_29-12-167; three accessioned as MFAB_29.2794; two accessioned as GEM_16046 (formerly EMC_JE_56999) and GEM_16047 (formerly EMC_JE_57001); ownership of sixth jar unkown.
Remarks
RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): George Reisner; ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_JE_56999; EMC_SR_2.1292; HU-MFA_29-12-167

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