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Accessory to serving statuette - offering basin
Egyptian
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5
2465–2323 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Giza, Tomb G 2385 S1
Medium/Technique
Limestone
Dimensions
Height: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number13.3434
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionCircular offering basin (3 joining fragments) with prominent collar, originally an accessory to a "serving statuette." Red wash outside, hollowed interior, plaster on bottom of base. Rim broken and incomplete. Deeply incised groove around outside rim.
December 18.
December 18.
ProvenanceFrom Giza, Tomb G 2385 S1. 1912: 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: December 4, 1913)
(Accession date: December 4, 1913)