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Mold of a heron or phoenix

760–332 B.C.
FindspotGiza, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueLimestone
DimensionsHeight x width x thickness: 10.4 x 10.7 x 2.8 cm (4 1/8 x 4 3/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number25.1905
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceFrom Giza, st. 7400. 1925: 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: June 19, 2005)