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Potsherds: a) large pottery two-handled [combed ware] jars, [Type B LIV]; grey ware.
Illustration: No

Details

ID
HUMFA_13-12-2a
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_13-12-2a; 13-12-2a
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Entry Date
12/03/1913
Title
Fragments of pottery combed ware jars
Medium
Pottery
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 4430 A, debris in shaft
Bibliography
Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 487. 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.
Remarks
Comparatively small amount of potsherds found of same types as in fourth line.
Problems/Questions
Problem: "as in fourth line" -- what does this mean ?

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