Alabaster squat jar
Alabaster squat jar (A.Sq. 23), no ring at top; wavy lined, patches of white; broken and mended, one piece missing from mouth.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.381
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_11.381; 11.381
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Vessels
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Alabaster squat jar
- Medium
- Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 7.6 x 17.9 cm (3 x 7 1/16 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)