Alabaster ovoid jar
Alabaster ovoid jar (Egg. 3); brownish in color, reddish vein at top, band of large crystals; broken and mended, pieces missing.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.418
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_11.418; 11.418
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Vessels
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Alabaster ovoid jar
- Medium
- Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 10.8 x 7.4 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Menkaure Valley Temple (MVT)
- Notes
- This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 1908-1910: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1911: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession date: March 2, 1911)