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Pottery [two-handled combed ware jar], [Type B LIV]; color red, horizontal lines on upper part and pattern below, [potmark near neck]; contains dried oil shiny black color.
Illustration: Yes

Details

ID
HUMFA_40-5-7
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_40-5-7; 40-5-7
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Vessels
Entry Date
05/09/1940
Title
Pottery combed ware jar
Medium
Pottery
Dimensions
Height: 31 cm Diameter: max: 18 cm; rim: 8 cm; base: 9.5 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 2350 (= G 5290) L, chamber
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, pp. 75-76, fig. 97.
Remarks
cf. Lucas analysis of 32-12-18
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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