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Pottery carinated bowl

Pottery carinated bowl, [(Mycerinus) Type XXXIII]; red ware, red slip and burnish; crack in base, otherwise good condition.

Details

  • ID
    MFAB_09.817
  • Department
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Menkaure Valley Temple (MVT / I 302 sub-29/49)
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Overall: 9 x 20.5 cm (3 9/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
  • 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; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.

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Full Bibliography

  • Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 224, p. 225, fig. 74 no. 6, p. 267, pl. 72b.