Alabaster shoulder jar
Alabaster shoulder jar (A.Sh.J. 37); drilled with borer; fine grained, red veined; broken and mended, pieces missing.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.601
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_11.601; 11.601
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Vessels
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Alabaster shoulder jar
- Medium
- Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
- Dimensions
- Legacy dimension: .08 H. .11 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
- Shape of this jar similar to some squat jars and some bowls.
- Problems/Questions
- Problem: identified on accession card as Sh.J. 37, but this is not jar identified as Sh.J. 37 in C2824