Diorite squat jar
Diorite globular squat jar (H.S.Sq. 6), handles modeled on shoulder, ring modeled at top; broken and mended.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.1154
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_11.1154; 11.1154
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Vessels
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Diorite squat jar
- Medium
- Pegmatitic hornblende diorite
- Dimensions
- Legacy dimension: .165 D. .122 H.
- 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)
- Remarks
- Two jars identified as H.S.Sq. 6: MFA 11.393 and MFA 11.1154.