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Four pottery model [jars], [Type B LV b]; ordinary brown ware; complete.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

ID
HUMFA_14-3-39
Alternate IDs
14-3-39; HUMFA_14-3-39
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Warfare, hunting & fishing-Swords and daggers
Period
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
Entry Date
03/08/1914 - 03/13/1914
Title
Pottery model jars
Medium
Pottery
Dimensions
Height: 5.9 - 6.2 cm Diameter: 5.8 - 6.3 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, pp. 510-511, fig. 314. 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. 77, fig. 100.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession numbers verified

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