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One pottery model [jar], [Type B LVIII]; ordinary brown ware.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

ID
HUMFA_14-4-17
Alternate IDs
14-4-17; HUMFA_14-4-17
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Period
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
Entry Date
04/04/1914
Title
Pottery model jar
Medium
Pottery
Dimensions
Height: 7.4 cm Diameter: 4.5 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
G 4520 b (= published G 4520 A), chamber
Bibliography
Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 504, fig. 310, p. 506. 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. 78, fig. 103 (attributed to G 4520 B).
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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