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Pottery [jar] with upward spout, [Type B LIX a]; ordinary brown ware, wet smoothed, red wash; in fragments, incomplete.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

ID
HUMFA_14-1-78
Alternate IDs
14-1-78; HUMFA_14-1-78
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Period
Old Kingdom
Entry Date
01/15/1914 - 01/20/1914
Title
Fragmentary pottery jar with vertical spout
Medium
Pottery
Dimensions
Height: 15 cm Diameter: 11.1 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 4530 A
Bibliography
Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, pp. 489-490, fig. 297a. 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. 79, fig. 104.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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