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Fragmentary pottery basin

Small pottery flat bottomed basin, [Type D XXXVII b]; brown ware (black interior), red polished; in fragments, incomplete. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_14-2-21
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4822 B, shaft
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Height: 12.2 cm Diameter: 21 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 14.1199
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5
  • Date of Register Entry
    02/18/1914
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4822

    • 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Unpublished Documents 3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. 84, fig. 120.