Limestone squat jar
Limestone squat jar (Lst.Sq. 3), separate ring at top; fine grained, white spotted with greenish-black; broken and mended.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.382a-b
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_11.382a-b; 11.382a-b
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Vessels
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Limestone squat jar
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Overall: 5.4 x 9.3 cm (2 1/8 x 3 11/16 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. 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)
- Remarks
- Two limestone squat jars identified as 3: MFA 11.626 (originally identified as H.S.Sq. 3) and MFA 11.382a-b.