Limestone squat jar
Limestone squat jar (Lst.Sq. 9), no ring at top; bluish-grey veined with white; broken and mended.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.387
- Alternate IDs
- 11.387; MFAB_11.387
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Vessels
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Limestone squat jar
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Overall: 8.8 x 21 cm (3 7/16 x 8 1/4 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)