Greywacke squat jar
Greywacke squat jar (H.S.Sq. 35), ring modeled at top; fine grained, blue-green; complete.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.396
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_11.396; 11.396
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Vessels
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Greywacke squat jar
- Medium
- Greywacke
- Dimensions
- Height x diameter: 7 x 14 cm (2 3/4 x 5 1/2 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. 9.
- 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)