Alabaster cylinder jar
Alabaster cylinder jar (S.Cyl. 38) with flat base, rolled everted rim; drilled with cylindrical drill; coarse grained, horizontal bands of white, red veined; broken and mended, pieces missing.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.484
- Alternate IDs
- 11.484; MFAB_11.484
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Vessels
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Alabaster cylinder jar
- Medium
- Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 8 x 5.4 cm (3 1/8 x 2 1/8 in.)
- 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)