Fragment of alabaster bowl with recurved rim
Alabaster bowl with recurved rim (A.B.R. 3); fine grained, wavy lined; broken and mended, half only.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.1620
- Alternate IDs
- 11.1620; MFAB_11.1620
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Vessels
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Fragment of alabaster bowl with recurved rim
- Medium
- Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
- Dimensions
- Legacy dimension: .104 H. .123 W.
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Menkaure Valley Temple (MVT)
- Bibliography
- Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 183, fig. 50, no. 21.
- 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)