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Large pottery two-handled [combed ware] jar, [Type B LIV], with pot maker's mark [(potmark)]; reddish brown ware (dark interior), wet smoothed, finely ribbed surface; top missing.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

ID
HUMFA_14-1-10
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_14-1-10; 14-1-10
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Entry Date
01/04/1914, 01/06/1914, 01/10/1914
Title
Pottery combed ware jar
Medium
Pottery
Dimensions
Height: about 36 cm Diameter: 18.7 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 4630 A, chamber
Bibliography
Reisner, George A. "Accessions to the Egyptian Department During 1914 (Excavations at Giza and Kerma)." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 13, No. 76 (1915), pp. 33-36, fig. 15. Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 493-494, fig. 299. 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, fig. 97.
Notes
Ancient Near Eastern, Syria 2649-2100 B.C.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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