Alabaster cylinder jar
Alabaster cylinder jar (S.Cyl. 10) with splay foot; fine grained, wavy lined, two red veins; broken and mended, pieces missing.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.548
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_11.548; 11.548
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Vessels
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Alabaster cylinder jar
- Medium
- Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
- Dimensions
- Height x diameter: 10.5 x 7.2 cm (4 1/8 x 2 13/16 in.)
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Menkaure Valley Temple (MVT)
- Bibliography
- Thomas, Nancy, ed. The American Discovery of Ancient Egypt. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1995, p. 128, cat. 40a.
- 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)