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Alabaster [model saucer] (cf. 24-12-545), [Type X b], (one of set of model vessels including 24-12-203, 24-12-259, 24-12-260, 24-12-1169, 24-12-1170, 24-12-1171, 25-1-29).
Illustration: No.
Supplementary illustration: Yes.
Supplementary illustration scale: 1:2

Details

ID
HUMFA_24-12-1171
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_24-12-1171; 24-12-1171
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Entry Date
12/29/1924
Title
Alabaster model dish
Medium
Alabaster
Dimensions
Height: 2.4 cm Diameter: 5.5 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
G 7110-7120: pit G 7110 B, pit debris
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. Simpson, William Kelly. The Mastabas of Kawab, Khafkhufu I and II. Giza Mastabas 3. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1978, p. 5, fig. 6.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

Photos 4

Published Documents 1

Unpublished Documents 3