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Pottery [two-handled combed ware] jar, [Type B LIV]; DbW (drab ware); complete except for bit of rim chipped off.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

ID
HUMFA_32-12-18
Alternate IDs
32-12-18; HUMFA_32-12-18
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Entry Date
12/30/1932
Title
Pottery combed ware jar
Medium
Pottery
Dimensions
Height: 39 cm Diameter: 21 cm (27.6 cm)
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 2140 A, debris of chamber
Bibliography
Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 437, fig. 256. 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, pp. 75-76.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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