Pottery jar
Pottery [shoulder] jar, [Type] A VI or B XVII; hard red ware, broken section red, red wash, a few hematite specks on both surfaces, pebble burnished, rough inside; bottom part missing, but fragment of pointed base shows shape. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2
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- ID
- HUMFA_13-10-32
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Classification
- Vessels
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- Findspot
- Pit G 4340 A, debris in shaft
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- Material
- Pottery
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- Dimensions
- Height: 30.2+ cm Diameter: max: 17 cm; rim: 9 cm
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Object Ownership Information
- MFA accession number: 13.5595
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- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
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- Date of Register Entry
- 10/21/1913
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- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 475.