Pottery shoulder jar
Pottery shoulder jar with everted angled rim and pointed base; surface scratched on body below shoulder, worn, good condition.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_20.1907
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_20.1907; 20.1907
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Vessels
- Period
- Old Kingdom, early Dynasty 4
- Title
- Pottery shoulder jar
- Medium
- Pottery
- Dimensions
- Overall: 13.5 x 10 cm (5 5/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Pit G 1201 A
- Bibliography
- Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 387.
- Notes
- This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 1913-1914: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.