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Site: Giza; view: G 2340 = G 5480, G 2370, G 5562, G 2100, G 5230, G 4940

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  • Site: Giza; view: G 2340 = G 5480, G 2370, G 5562, G 2100, G 5230, G 4940
Object register entry:
Field number: 33-2-192
Entry date(s): 02/23/1933
Object owner details: MFA
Alabaster model dishes
Findspot: Western Cemetery, Pit G 2340 (= G 5480) A, debris of chamber
Alabaster
Expedition Measurements: Height: 1 - 1.5 cm Diameter: 3.5 - 5.2 cm
Description: Six alabaster model offering dishes, [two Type IX a, four Type X a]; marks in ink on bottom. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Selected Published References:
Manuelian, Peter Der. "A Dig Divided: The Giza Mastaba of Heti, G 5480 (Giza Archives Gleaning IV)." In Zahi Hawass, Peter Der Manuelian and Ramadan Hussein, eds. Perspectives on Ancient Egypt. Studies in Honor of Edward Brovarski. CASAE 40. Cairo: Supreme Council of Antiquities, 2010, pp. 239, 247-248, figs. 33, 34. 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, pp. 99, 100, 102.