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Pottery combed war jar with plaster stopper

Large pottery two-handled [combed ware] jar (cf. 12-12-569), [Type B LIV], with large lime plaster stopper; unopened. Illustration: No

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_12-12-572
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 2381 A, [chamber] (417 corrected to read 416)
  • Material
    Pottery, plaster
  • Dimensions
    Height: 49 cm (with cap) Width: 30 cm; handles: 4 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 13.2931
  • Period
    Early Bronze Age
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/31/1912
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2381

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 6

Full 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.