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Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple

Stone vessels from Menkaure valley temple: alabaster vessels (cylinder, squat, ovoid jars) (1908-1910): top row: S.Cyl. 93 (= MFA 11.549), S.Cyl. 53 (= MFA 11.620), F. 2 (= MFA 11.668), S.Cyl. 90 (= MFA 11.543), S.Cyl. __, S.Cyl. 51 (= MFA 11.514), S.Cyl. 94; second row: S.Cyl. 63 (= MFA 11.507), S.Cyl. 4 (= MFA 11.523), S.Cyl. 69 (= MFA 11.496), S.Cyl. 59 (= MFA 11.539), S.Cyl. __, S.Cyl. 46 (= MFA 11.531), S.Cyl. 44 (= MFA 11.565), S.Cyl. 75 (= MFA 11.530); third row: A.Sq. 1 (= MFA 11.379a-b), A.Sq. 62 (= MFA 11.344a-b), A.Sq. 3 (= MFA 11.332a-b), A.Sq. 5 (= MFA 11.361), A.Sq. __; bottom row: Egg. 21 (= MFA 11.427), Egg. 11 (= MFA 11.409), Egg. 1 (= MFA 11.417), Egg. 4 (= MFA 11.413), Egg. 2 (= MFA 11.419), Egg. 3 (= MFA 11.418), F. 1 (= MFA 11.454)

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_A413_NS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
  • Date
    May 1910
  • Problems/Questions
    VERIFIED: arrangement and identifications made based on comparison with individual mounted prints (third row: second and third squat jars order of display reversed between A413 and A414); objects not registered (no registration records from this date); MFA accession numbers verified; Reisner reference verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

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