Alabaster shoulder jar
Alabaster cylindrical shoulder jar (A.Sh.J 36) with ledge handles, slightly everted rim (chipped), and flat base; holes drill for suspension on sides; fine grained, horizontal narrow bands of white and brown; broken and mended, pieces missing.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.446
- Alternate IDs
- 11.446; MFAB_11.446
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Vessels
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Alabaster shoulder jar
- Medium
- Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 20.2 x 10.4 cm
- 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. 183, fig. 50, no. 1.
- 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)