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Part of a large collection of model tools and vessels found together in an intact burial chamber, this copper model replicates a collared beaker on a stand. The collar tapers upwards and the mouth of the beaker is small. A band of decoration separates the beaker from the stand. The base is flat.
Provenance
From Giza, G 2381 A (the tomb of Impy). 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)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Egyptian, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6, reign of Neferkara Pepy II, 2246–2152 B.C.
Findspot
Giza, Egypt
Dimensions
Height: 8.8 cm (3 7/16 in.)
Accession Number
13.3243
Medium or Technique
Copper