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Pottery model jar, [Type B LVIII], and fragments of several others; fine brown ware, wet smoothed on wheel; nearly complete, built of fragments.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

ID
HUMFA_13-11-81
Alternate IDs
13-11-81; HUMFA_13-11-81
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Period
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
Entry Date
11/16/1913 - 11/19/1913
Title
Pottery model jar
Medium
Pottery
Dimensions
Height: 13.9 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 4240 A
Bibliography
Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 467-468, fig. 282. 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. 78, fig. 103.
Remarks
One pottery model jar accessioned as MFA 13.5653.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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