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[Pottery neckless shoulder jar], [Type B LV].
Illustration: No

Details

ID
GEM_6389
Alternate IDs
6389; GEM_6389; EMC_JE_67745; JE_67745; EMC_SR_1/10044; SR_1/10044; HH_1229; 1229; HUMFA_34-3-46; 34-3-46
Department
Grand Egyptian Museum
Classification
Vessels
Period
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khufu
Title
Pottery neckless shoulder jar
Medium
Pottery
Dimensions
13.8 cm; 554 g
Credit Line
Grand Egyptian Museum
Provenance
G 7000 X, Hetepheres I, 1229
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. 65, fig. 63.
Notes
A large portion of Special Register section 7 (volumes 13-16) was originally misnumbered, with the object numbers following in sequence from section 1 volume 4; these numbers have thus been given EMC_SR_1 prefixes, despite being recorded in section 7.

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