Limestone jar on stand
Large limestone jar on stand in one piece, [Type V a (2)]; gouged out, chisel marks on outside only partially obliterated by rubbing.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:4
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_12-11-49
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_12-11-49; 12-11-49
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Vessels
- Period
- Old Kingdom
- Entry Date
- 11/15/1912
- Title
- Limestone jar on stand
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Height: 25.5 cm Diameter: 19.5 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Pit G 2353 B, [chamber]
- Bibliography
- Reisner, George A., and William Stevenson Smith. The Tomb of Hetep-Heres the Mother of Cheops: a Study of Egyptian Civilization in the Old Kingdom. A History of the Giza Necropolis 2. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1955, p. 95, fig. 140. Simpson, William Kelly. Mastabas of the Western Cemetery, Part 1: Sekhemka (G 1029); Tjetu I (G 2001); Iasen (G 2196); Penmeru (G 2197); Hagy, Nefertjentet, and Herunefer (G 2352/53); Djaty, Tjetu II, and Nimesti (G 2337X, 2343, 2366). Giza Mastabas 4. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1980, p. 37, pl. LXc.
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
