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Object register entry:
Field number: 33-2-153
Field number: 33-2-153
Entry date(s): 02/05/1933
Object owner details: MFA accession number: 33.1097
Limestone boring core
Findspot: Western Cemetery, Pit G 2200 (= G 5080) B, debris of chamber
Limestone
Expedition Measurements: Height: 7.3 cm
Diameter: 6 cm
Description: Limestone boring core; hole in center on top and bottom.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:2
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. 100 (included among stone vessel Type X b).
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 (included among stone vessel Type X b).
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