Diorite bowl
Diorite bowl (H.S.B.); grey and white marked with black; broken and mended, pieces missing.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.443
- Alternate IDs
- 11.443; MFAB_11.443
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Vessels
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Diorite bowl
- Medium
- Diorite
- Dimensions
- Other: 9.2 x 12.6 cm (3 5/8 x 4 15/16 in.)
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Menkaure Valley Temple (MVT / III 12)
- Bibliography
- Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 186, fig. 56, no. 16.
- 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)