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Pottery [shoulder] jar (cf. 14-12-29, but more slender), [Type A II c]; brown ware; lip broken previous to filling with mud.
Illustration: No

Details

ID
HUMFA_14-12-30
Alternate IDs
14-12-30; HUMFA_14-12-30
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Period
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5
Entry Date
12/06/1914
Title
Pottery jar
Medium
Pottery
Dimensions
Height: 29.8 cm Diameter: 24.2 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 5221 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. 70.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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