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"Opening of the Mouth" cup

2246–2152 B.C.
FindspotGiza, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueQuartz crystal
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 3.2 x 3 cm (1 1/4 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number13.3266
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTomb equipment
ProvenanceFrom Giza G 2381 A (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)
Cylindrical beaker
2490–2472 B.C.
Magic bottle
2246–2152 B.C.
Blue-glazed quartz beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Beads
2400–1550 B.C.
Amulets
2400–1550 B.C.
String of ball beads
1700–1550 B.C.
Tall ovoid jar
743–712 B.C.