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Three small pottery [model neckless] shoulder jars (cf. 13-11-104), [Type B LV a]; one incomplete.
Illustration: No

Details

ID
HUMFA_13-12-22c
Alternate IDs
13-12-22c; HUMFA_13-12-22c
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Period
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
Entry Date
12/12/1913, 12/13/1913, 12/14/1913
Title
Pottery model jars
Medium
Pottery
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 4540 A, chamber
Bibliography
Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, pp. 480-481, fig. 289. 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
One of three pottery model neckless shoulder jars accessioned as MFA 20.1930. Two of three pottery model neckless shoulder jars MFA owned (unaccessioned).
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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