Curved diorite bowl with five in-turned rim sections. Thin and translucent.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb 1024 (24), Cemetery 1000, Giza Necropolis
Verbatim coll. place:
Gizeh; C 1000 T 24 [Giza, G 1024 in debris behind offering chamber]
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1903-1904
Materials:
Anorthosite gneiss and Diorite gneiss
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Dimensions:
diameter 20 centimeters
Comment:
Probable materials: diorite gneiss or anorthosite gneiss (Egyptian name: mntt). This vessel appears to be made of a diorite gneiss used for Egyptian vessels and statuary. This stone is composed of translucent white plagioclase and dark hornblende with some biotite. Stones like this one, which are predominantly white with patches of dark minerals, are more specifically called anorthosite gneiss. See B. G. Aston, Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels, Studien zur Archaeologie und Geschichte Altagyptens, Vol. 5, 1994, p. 62-64.
Loans:
S1957-1958 #1: Oriental Society (April 26, 1958–1958), S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960), S1970-1971 #21: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (October 12, 1970–January 20, 1971), S1973-1974 #46: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (February 25, 1974–June 24, 1974), S1975-1976 #1: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum (July 8, 1975–November 11, 1975), S1975-1976 #56: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (February 17, 1976–February 9, 1979), S1979-1980 #54: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum (March 31, 1980–December 18, 1981), and S1998-1999 #8: Reunion des Musees Nationaux (March 22, 1999–May 26, 2000)