Alabaster shoulder jar
Alabaster shoulder jar (A.Sh.J. 46), handles modeled on shoulder; drilled with borer; fine grained, coarse grained at foot, wavy lined; broken and mended, pieces missing.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.748
- Alternate IDs
- 11.748; MFAB_11.748
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Vessels
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Alabaster shoulder jar
- Medium
- Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
- Dimensions
- Legacy dimension: .164 H. .122 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)
- Problems/Questions
- Problem: two other jars also identified as A.Sh.J. 46, see 11.665 and 11.1636