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Pottery [bent-sided roll-rim bowl] (cf. 12-12-556), [Type C XXX a].
Illustration: No

Details

ID
HUMFA_12-12-557
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_12-12-557; 12-12-557
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 carinated bowl
Medium
Pottery
Dimensions
Height: 12.4 cm Width: 33.4 cm Length: 31.7 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 2381 A, [chamber] (403)
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. 80, fig. 107.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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