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2 of 3 • Small alabaster objects: top row: [avenue G 2] 24-11-245 (kohl pot), [street G 7500] 25-2-776 (= MFA 25.2419, jar), [N of G 7620] 25-2-913 (fragment of jar), [street G 7500] 25-2-775 (= MFA 25.2418, jar), 25-2-777 (= MFA 25.2420, jar), [N of Khufu temple entrance] 24-12-637 (kohl pot); bottom row: [avenue G 1] 24-11-802 (= MFA 24.2619, fragment of jar), [G 7812] 25-1-1188 (= MFA 25.1963, kohl pot), [N of G 7610+7620: G 7620] 25-2-912 (jar), [G 7430-7440: G 7430 C] 25-2-174 (= MFA 25.2165, jar), [G 7310-7320: G 7320 X] 25-1-854 (= MFA 25.1857, neck of jar)
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Small alabaster objects: top row: [avenue G 2] 24-11-245 (kohl pot), [street G 7500] 25-2-776 (= MFA 25.2419, jar), [N of G 7620] 25-2-913 (fragment of jar), [street G 7500] 25-2-775 (= MFA 25.2418, jar), 25-2-777 (= MFA 25.2420, jar), [N of Khufu temple entrance] 24-12-637 (kohl pot); bottom row: [avenue G 1] 24-11-802 (= MFA 24.2619, fragment of jar), [G 7812] 25-1-1188 (= MFA 25.1963, kohl pot), [N of G 7610+7620: G 7620] 25-2-912 (jar), [G 7430-7440: G 7430 C] 25-2-174 (= MFA 25.2165, jar), [G 7310-7320: G 7320 X] 25-1-854 (= MFA 25.1857, neck of jar)
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Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: avenue G 2, street G 7500, G 7620, avenue G 1, G 7812, G 7610+7620, G 7430-7440, G 7310-7320

Alabaster [model jar] (cf. 25-1-452), [Type XV a (1)]; [pierced with "tube borer", somewhat assymetrical]. Illustration: No. Supplementary illustration: Yes. Supplementary illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_25-2-174
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    G 7430-7440: pit G 7430 C, tomb chamber, debris
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    Height: 4.6 cm Diameter: 2.9 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 25.2165
  • Date of Register Entry
    02/06/1925
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

Unpublished Documents 1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. 97.