Alabaster cylinder jar
Alabaster cylinder jar (S.Cyl. 51); drilled with borer; fine grained, wavy lined; broken and mended, small pieces missing.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.514
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_11.514; 11.514
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Vessels
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Alabaster cylinder jar
- Medium
- Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
- Dimensions
- Height x diameter: 15.3 x 11.2 cm (6 x 4 7/16 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. 15e.
- 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)