Limestone squat jar
Limestone squat jar (Lst.Sq. 7), no ring at top; white to dark grey, lines of dark all over surface; broken and mended, small pieces missing.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.388
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_11.388; 11.388
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Vessels
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Limestone squat jar
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Overall: 12.3 x 6.1 cm (4 13/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Menkaure Valley Temple (MVT)
- Bibliography
- Markowitz, Yvonne J., Joyce L. Haynes, and Rita E. Freed. Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids: Highlights from the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition. Boston: MFA Publications, 2002, pp. 66-67, cat. 15f.
- 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)