Alabaster ovoid jar
Alabaster ovoid jar (Egg. 23), rim modeled at top; wavy lined, red veined, large crystals; broken and mended, pieces missing.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.415
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_11.415; 11.415
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Vessels
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Alabaster ovoid jar
- Medium
- Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 16.4 x 12.2 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. 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; Deaccessioned January 16, 1936 as gift to Children's Art Center)
- Remarks
- MFA 11.415 deaccessioned.