Alabaster cylinder jar
Alabaster cylinder jar (S.Cyl. 93), raised ridge modeled below rim; drilled with borer; fine grained, bands of coarse grain, wavy lined, bands of opaque white; broken and mended, pieces missing.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.549
- Alternate IDs
- 11.549; MFAB_11.549
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Vessels
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Alabaster cylinder jar
- Medium
- Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 28.3 x 10 cm (11 1/8 x 3 15/16 in.)
- 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)