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[Alabaster model bowl] (cf. 25-1-29), [Type X b], (part of set including 25-1-58 through 25-1-65, 25-1-518 through 25-1-522); one-half only, [joins 25-1-522b].
Illustration: No.
Supplementary illustration: Yes.
Supplementary illustration scale: 1:2

Details

ID
HUMFA_25-1-59
Alternate IDs
25-1-59; HUMFA_25-1-59
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Entry Date
01/02/1925
Title
Fragment of alabaster model bowl
Medium
Alabaster
Dimensions
Height: 6.3 cm Diameter: top: 8.6 cm; bottom: 5.3 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
G 7210-7220: [pit G 7210 B], [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. 100 (misidentified as 15-1-559).
Remarks
25-1-59 (one fragment) + 25-1-522b (two fitting fragments) = MFA 25.1548
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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