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Fragmentary pottery jar

[One of] two pottery [shoulder] jars (cf. 14-4-27), [Type A II c]; in fragments, complete. Illustration: No

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_14-4-28a
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4220 A, burial chamber
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Height: 31.8 cm Diameter: 19.2 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 14.1662
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4 - Dynasty 5
  • Date of Register Entry
    04/22/1914
  • Remarks
    MFA 14.1662 is only one jar, probably 14-4-28a, since that jar is in fragments, but complete, and 14-4-28b is in fragments incomplete.
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4220

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 3

Full Bibliography

  • 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. 70.