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Fragment of diorite bowl

Small fragment of [translucent] diorite [bowl], [Type IX c]; [top surface of rim somewhat battered, possible bowl may be higher, and larger in diameter than shown in illustration]. Illustration: No. Supplementary illustration: Yes. Supplementary illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_25-2-194
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    N of pit G 7631 B
  • Material
    Diorite
  • Dimensions
    Height: [original: 5.1 cm] Width: 2.9 cm Length: 4.3 cm Diameter: [original rim: 17.4 cm]
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Date of Register Entry
    02/06/1925

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 7631

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 1

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. 99, fig. 145.