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Fragmentary pottery combed ware jar

Tall slender pottery two-handled [combed ware jar] (cf. 13-10-29), [Type B LIV]; hard thin brown ware, (interior with white specks) dark charcoal-like pot maker's mark [(potmark)] outside; in fragments, incomplete. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: ca 1:8

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_14-1-14
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4630 A, shaft
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Height: 41 cm Diameter: 23 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 20.1889
  • Period
    Early Bronze Age
  • Date of Register Entry
    01/04/1914, 01/06/1914, 01/10/1914
  • Notes
    Ancient Near Eastern, Syrian 2625-2500 B.C.
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4630

    • 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Unpublished Documents 3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. 494.

    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.