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Large [deep] pottery [flat bottomed basin] with [roll rim and short tubular] spout, [Type D XXXV a]; red ware, red wash, dull burnish inside and out.
Illustration: No

Details

ID
HUMFA_12-12-567
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_12-12-567; 12-12-567
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 basin with tubular spout
Medium
Pottery
Dimensions
Height: 32.5 cm Width: 37.5 cm Length: 38.6 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 2381 A, [chamber] (411)
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. 83.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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Unpublished Documents 4