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Pottery [neckless shoulder jar], [Type B LV a]; purplish red ware; in fragments, incomplete.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

ID
HUMFA_14-3-36
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_14-3-36; 14-3-36
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Period
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
Entry Date
03/08/1914 - 03/13/1914
Title
Fragmentary pottery neckless shoulder jar
Medium
Pottery
Dimensions
Height: 10.7 cm Diameter: ca 10.4 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 4720 A
Bibliography
Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 510. 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, fig. 99.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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