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Four pottery [neckless shoulder jars (model granaries)] (cf. 14-2-112, similar shape), originally from plaster bases (eg, see 14-2-109, 14-2-110, 14-2-111), [Type F XXVI b]; reddish brown ware (cf. 14-2-112), square pot maker's mark; all in fragments, incomplete.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

ID
HUMFA_14-2-113
Alternate IDs
14-2-113; HUMFA_14-2-113
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Tomb equipment-Models
Period
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5
Entry Date
02/27/1914 - 03/01/1914
Title
Fragmentary pottery neckless shoulder jars (model granaries)
Medium
Pottery
Dimensions
Height: 18.7 - 20.2 cm Diameter: 14.4 - 16 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 4733 E
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. 89, fig. 133.

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