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Alabaster [model saucer], [Type IX a], (one of set of model vessels, five saucers and one jar, including 24-12-965, 24-12-966, 24-12-967, 25-1-126, 25-1-389, 25-1-390).
Illustration: No.
Supplementary illustration: Yes.
Supplementary illustration scale: 1:2

Details

ID
HUMFA_25-1-389
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_25-1-389; 25-1-389
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Entry Date
01/07/1925
Title
Alabaster model dish
Medium
Alabaster
Dimensions
Height: 2 cm Diameter: 5 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 7130 X [= G 7133], tomb 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. 98. Simpson, William Kelly. The Mastabas of Kawab, Khafkhufu I and II. Giza Mastabas 3. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1978, p. 33, fig. 64.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

Photos 3

Published Documents 1

Unpublished Documents 1