Gneiss squat jar
Gneiss squat jar (H.S.Sq. 32), handles modeled on shoulder, ring modeled at top; grey and white marked with black; broken and mended.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.629
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_11.629; 11.629
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Vessels
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Gneiss squat jar
- Medium
- Anorthosite gneiss
- Dimensions
- Height x width: 9.2 x 17.4 cm (3 5/8 x 6 7/8 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. 1908: 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)