Fragment of alabaster shoulder jar
Alabaster shoulder jar (A.Sh.J. 33); fine grained, two veins of coarse grain, wavy lined; broken and mended, only about half of jar.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.671
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_11.671; 11.671
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Vessels
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Fragment of alabaster shoulder jar
- Medium
- Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
- Dimensions
- Legacy dimension: .186 H. .145 W.
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Menkaure Valley Temple (MVT)
- 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)