Calcite bowl
Calcite bowl (A.B. 4) with flaring sides; clear, fine grained; broken and mended.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.1157
- Alternate IDs
- 11.1157; MFAB_11.1157
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Vessels
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Calcite bowl
- Medium
- Calcite
- Dimensions
- Height x diameter: 6 x 16 cm (2 3/8 x 6 5/16 in.)
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Menkaure Valley Temple (MVT)
- Bibliography
- Thomas, Nancy, ed. The American Discovery of Ancient Egypt. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1995, p. 128, cat. 40h.
- 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)