Fragments of pottery neckless shoulder jar
Upper and lower portions and other fragments of pottery [neckless shoulder jar] (somewhat similar ware to 13-10-55, but different shape), [Type B LV a]; fine brown ware, pebble smoothed, rim surrounded by flat raised molding (probably type from which model [jar] 13-10-39 was copied). Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2
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- ID
- HUMFA_13-10-56
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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
- Width: rim: ca 8.2 cm; base: ca 8.9 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: 13.5612
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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. 472, fig. 285, p. 474.
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. 76.