Result 11 of 133
view 1 item at a time
Object register entry:
Field number: 28-5-182
Field number: 28-5-182
Entry date(s): 05/18/1928
Object owner details: MFA accession number: 28.1514
Alabaster model jar
Findspot: Eastern Cemetery, Pit G 7550 B, debris of chamber
Alabaster
Expedition Measurements: Height: 5.6 cm
Diameter: max: 3.7 cm; mouth: 3.5 cm; neck: 1.9 cm; base: 1.5 cm
Description: One alabaster model bulging jar with big flaring neck and flat base, [Type XV c (1)]; rim chipped in two places, base slightly worn.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:1
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Selected Published References:
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. 97, fig. 143.
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. 97, fig. 143.
Problems/Questions:
MFA accession number verified