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Six baskets full of potsherds, of which following pieced together and mended, all incomplete: j1) tall two-handled [combed ware] jar, [Type B LIV], with potmark on front; mended, incomplete; j2) neck and other fragments of another.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

ID
HUMFA_34-6-17j
Alternate IDs
34-6-17j; HUMFA_34-6-17j; 37.1319
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Entry Date
06/24/1934, 06/25/1934, 06/28/1934
Title
Fragmentary pottery combed ware jars
Medium
Pottery
Dimensions
Height: j1) 43.8 cm Diameter: j1) max: 30.4 cm; j1) rim: 9.4 cm; j2) 9 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
G 7330-7340: pit G 7330 A, debris of pit
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. 76, fig. 80.
Remarks
Fragmentary combed war jar 34-6-17j1 accessioned as MFA 37.1319.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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