Porphyry shoulder jar
Porphyry shoulder jar (H.S.Sh.J. 5), handles modeled on shoulder; greenish-black and white; broken and mended, pieces missing.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.1170
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_11.1170; 11.1170
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Vessels
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Porphyry shoulder jar
- Medium
- Porphyry
- Dimensions
- Legacy dimension: .098 H. .08 W.
- 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. 12.
- 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)