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Model table and four model vessels
Egyptian
Middle Kingdom, late Dynasty 11 – early Dynasty
2010–1961 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Deir el-Bersha, Tomb 10, shaft A (Djehutynakht)
Medium/Technique
Faience, wood
Dimensions
(a) Cup: height x diameter (max.): 3.5 x 3 cm (1 3/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
(b) Cup: height x diameter (max.): 3.5 x 2.8 cm (1 3/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
(c) Hes jar: height: 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in.)
(d) Hes jar: height: 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.)
(e) Table: length x width x depth: 16.5 x 7.6 x 1.5 cm (6 1/2 x 3 x 9/16 in.
(b) Cup: height x diameter (max.): 3.5 x 2.8 cm (1 3/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
(c) Hes jar: height: 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in.)
(d) Hes jar: height: 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.)
(e) Table: length x width x depth: 16.5 x 7.6 x 1.5 cm (6 1/2 x 3 x 9/16 in.
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21.388a-e
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTomb equipment – Models
DescriptionThis object set includes a simple wooden base (not shown in photo) [e] with four model vessels [a-d] of faience (included in photo along with an additional model vessel, 21.390). Two of the vessels are hes-vases of similar size, while two are beakers/cups with flaring sides. Although accessioned together, the table and model vessels come from different loci in the same tomb, thus the association with one another is hypothetical.
ProvenanceFrom Deir el-Bersha, tomb 10, shaft A (tomb of Djehutynakht). May 1915: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession Date: March 1, 1921)