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Fragment of alabaster bowl

Rim fragment of [large] shallow alabaster bowl, [Type X c]. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1. Additional illustration: Yes. Additional illustration scale: 1:2 and 1:5

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_24-11-792
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    [G 7121], near mastaba G 7110-7120: G 7120
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    Height: 2 cm; [original: 5.4 cm] Diameter: [original: 35.4 cm] Thickness: .85 cm Span: 6.7 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Date of Register Entry
    11/23/1924

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 7121

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery

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. 101.

    Simpson, William Kelly. The Mastabas of Kawab, Khafkhufu I and II. Giza Mastabas 3. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1978, fig. 9.