Diorite bowl
Thin walled diorite bowl (H.S.B. 1); white, grey, and black; broken and mended, pieces missing.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.920
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_11.920; 11.920
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Vessels
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Diorite bowl
- Medium
- Diorite
- Dimensions
- Legacy dimension: .081 H. .198 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. 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)
- Remarks
- Two bowls identified as H.S.B. 1: MFA 11.920 and another bowl (see C2835) not MFA owned.