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Mold of a heron or phoenix

760–332 B.C.
FindspotGiza, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueLimestone
DimensionsOverall: 8.3 x 2.8 x 13.4cm (3 1/4 x 1 1/8 x 5 1/4in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number47.1653
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceFrom Giza, G 7140 U. 1937: 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, 1947: brought to the MFA from from Harvard Camp.