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Alabaster model [saucer] (cf. 25-1-458), [Type X b], (one of set of ten model vessels and sixty model saucers, including 25-1-1228 through 25-1-1296, saucers vary between ten types).
Illustration: No.
Supplementary illustration: Yes.
Supplementary illustration scale: 1:2

Details

ID
HUMFA_25-1-1238
Alternate IDs
25-1-1238; HUMFA_25-1-1238
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Entry Date
01/28/1925
Title
Alabaster model dish
Medium
Alabaster
Dimensions
Height: 1.9 cm Diameter: 5.6 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 7111 D
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. 30, pl. XLVI, fig. 55.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

Photos 3

Published Documents 1

Unpublished Documents 1