Diorite cylinder jar
Diorite cylinder jar (H.S.Cyl. 8) with inscription incised on side; grey and white; broken and mended, small pieces missing.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.510
- Alternate IDs
- 11.510; MFAB_11.510
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Vessels
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Diorite cylinder jar
- Medium
- Pegmatitic hornblende diorite
- Dimensions
- Height x diameter: 12 x 9.5 cm (4 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.)
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Menkaure Valley Temple (MVT)
- Bibliography
- Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 185, fig. 53, no. 8.
- 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)