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Small pottery [ovoid shoulder] jar, [Type A II c]; soft rough red ware.
Illustration: Yes

Details

ID
HUMFA_13-1-508
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_13-1-508; 13-1-508
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Period
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5
Entry Date
January 1913
Title
Pottery jar
Medium
Pottery
Dimensions
Height: 17.4 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 2381 X
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. 70, fig. 83.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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