Limestone model dish
Limestone [model saucer] (cf. 24-12-545) (one of set of model vessels, nine jars and sixty-one saucers, 24-12-541 through 24-12-558, 24-12-1007 through 24-12-1056, saucers vary between six types); [whole series once may have been colored yellow, a few still show traces, vessels cut with chisel, and in some cases with "stick borer", roughly cut grooves appear on edge of inside surface of basins (cf. 24-12-1028 and 24-12-1014)].
Illustration: No
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_24-12-1037
- Alternate IDs
- 24-12-1037; HUMFA_24-12-1037
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Vessels
- Entry Date
- 12/27/1924
- Title
- Limestone model dish
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Height: 2.1 cm Diameter: 4.7 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Pit G 7132 A, [near door of chamber]
- Bibliography
- Simpson, William Kelly. The Mastabas of Kawab, Khafkhufu I and II. Giza Mastabas 3. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1978, p. 32.
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
