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Pottery combed ware jar with mud stopper impressed with cartouche of Pepi II

Large pottery two-handled [combed ware] jar (cf. 12-12-569), [Type B LIV], with large mud stopper with cylinder seal impression [GLYPHS] (impression includes cartouche of Pepi). Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_12-12-570
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 2381 A, [chamber] (___ corrected to read 418)
  • Material
    Pottery, mud
  • Dimensions
    Height: 50 cm Width: 29 cm; handles: 4 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 13.2932
  • Period
    Early Bronze Age
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/31/1912
  • Owner
    Pepi II
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified based on comparison with object

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2381

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 6

Full Bibliography

  • Brovarski, Edward. The Senedjemib Complex, Part 1: The Mastabas of Senedjemib Inti (G 2370), Khnumenti (G 2374), and Senedjemib Mehi (G 2378). Giza Mastabas 7. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 2001, p. 34.

    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; seal p. 54 (misidentified as 12-12-571), fig. 54 (mislabeled 12-12-571).

People 1

Ancient People

  • Pepi II

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks Fourth king of Dynasty 6. Horus name: [nTr-xaw] Netjerkhau; other names: [nfr-kA-ra] Neferkare, [pjpj] Pepi