Gneiss bowl with recurved rim
Thin walled gneiss bowl with recurved rim (H.S.B.R. 4); white marked with black; broken and mended, pieces missing. Vessel form copies shape of Dynasty 4 carinated pottery bowls.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.461
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_11.461; 11.461
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Vessels
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Gneiss bowl with recurved rim
- Medium
- Anorthosite gneiss
- Dimensions
- Height x diameter: 5.5 x 9.8 cm (2 3/16 x 3 7/8 in.)
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Menkaure Valley Temple (MVT)
- Bibliography
- Markowitz, Yvonne J., Joyce L. Haynes, and Rita E. Freed. Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids: Highlights from the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition. Boston: MFA Publications, 2002, pp. 66-67, cat. 15i. Thomas, Nancy, ed. The American Discovery of Ancient Egypt. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1995, p. 128, cat. 40f.
- 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)