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Small pottery pointed jar, [Type] A LVI; fine hard brown ware, wet smoothed.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

ID
HUMFA_13-11-101
Alternate IDs
13-11-101; HUMFA_13-11-101
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Period
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
Entry Date
11/26/1913
Title
Pottery model jar
Medium
Pottery
Dimensions
Height: 17.8 cm Diameter: 10.2 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 4440 A, shaft
Bibliography
Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, pp. 476-477, fig. 287. 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. 72 (also 13-10-41 incorrectly noted as 13-11-101 for G 4340 A), fig. 88.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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