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Fragmentary pottery jar

Pottery squat jar, [Type B XIX]; hard red brown ware, red wash, pebble polished; in fragments, incomplete. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_13-11-114
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4440 A, shaft
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Height: as preserved: 8 cm Diameter: ca 14 cm; base: 7.2 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 13.5679
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
  • Date of Register Entry
    11/26/1913, 11/27/1913
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4440

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 3

Full Bibliography

  • Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 478.

    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. 73 (also listed among neckless shoulder jars, Type B LV a, p. 76).