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Quartz crystal cylinder jar (H.S.Cyl. 71); drilled with borer; bluish grey; broken and mended, pieces missing.

Details

ID
MFAB_11.502
Alternate IDs
MFAB_11.502; 11.502
Department
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Classification
Vessels
Period
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
Title
Quartz cylinder jar
Medium
Quartz crystal
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 9.2 x 7.8 cm (3 5/8 x 3 1/16 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. 188, fig. 60, no. 7.
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)

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