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Roughly-made pottery traditional offering jar, [Type A IV]; RW (red ware).
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

ID
HUMFA_30-12-15
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_30-12-15; 30-12-15
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Entry Date
12/03/1930
Title
Pottery offering jar
Medium
Pottery
Dimensions
Height: 25 cm Diameter: max: 12 - 15 cm; rim: 7 - 11 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Debris SW of mastaba G 7769 A
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. 71 (misidentified as 30-12-14), fig. 85 (two jars mislabeled 30-12-14, lower jar is 30-12-15, upper jar is unidentified).

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