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Large pottery two-handled [combed ware] jar (cf. 12-12-569), [Type B LIV]; contains organic matter.
Illustration: No

Details

ID
HUMFA_12-12-571
Alternate IDs
12-12-571; HUMFA_12-12-571
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Period
Early Bronze Age
Entry Date
12/31/1912
Title
Pottery combed ware jar
Medium
Pottery
Dimensions
Height: 49 cm Width: 29.5 cm; handles: 4 cm and 3.5 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 2381 A, [chamber] (___ correct to read 419)
Bibliography
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.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified based on comparison with object

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