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Pottery jar, [Type B VI]; fine reddish brown ware, red wash, pebble polished.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

ID
HUMFA_13-11-12
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_13-11-12; 13-11-12
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Period
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
Entry Date
11/01/1913
Title
Pottery jar
Medium
Pottery
Dimensions
Height: 14 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 4140 A
Bibliography
Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 461, fig. 279, p. 463. 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. 72, fig. 89.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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