Diorite squat jar
Diorite squat jar (H.S.Sq. 57), no ring at top; greenish, mottled in color; broken and mended, pieces missing.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.403
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_11.403; 11.403
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Vessels
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Diorite squat jar
- Medium
- Diorite
- Dimensions
- Overall: 7.3 x 15.6 cm (2 7/8 x 6 1/8 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. 186, fig. 56, no. 21.
- 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)