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Pottery [bowl], [Type C XXVII]; red ware, red wash, dull burnish.
Illustration: Yes

Details

ID
HUMFA_12-12-555
Alternate IDs
12-12-555; HUMFA_12-12-555
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Period
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6, reign of Pepy II
Entry Date
12/31/1912
Title
Pottery bowl
Medium
Pottery
Dimensions
Height: 9.2 cm Width: 35.6 cm Length: 34.4 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 2381 A, [chamber] (401)
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. 79, fig. 105.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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