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Pottery plate, [Type D LXXIX a]; ordinary brown ware, red wash, polished dull.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

ID
HUMFA_14-1-81
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_14-1-81; 14-1-81
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Period
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
Entry Date
01/15/1914 - 01/20/1914
Title
Pottery dish
Medium
Pottery
Dimensions
Height: 2.6 cm Diameter: 14 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. 87, fig. 127.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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