Pottery cover with ledge handles
Pottery bowl cover, originally had two opposed flaring lug handles on top (base of only one preserved), [Type G LII a]; brown ware; broken in many pieces and mended, partially restored with plaster.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_37.2709
- Alternate IDs
- 37.2709; MFAB_37.2709
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Vessels
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Snefru - reign of Khufu
- Entry Date
- 2575–2528 B.C.
- Title
- Pottery cover with ledge handles
- Medium
- Pottery
- Dimensions
- Legacy dimension: Diameter .365 m.
- Credit Line
- Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- G 7000 X, Hetepheres I, 1022(6)
- Notes
- This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 1925-1926: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1937: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
- Remarks
- Object not registered (some Hetepheres pottery was registered, some was not). Field number 1022(6) also associated with fragments of unregistered pottery bowl MFA 47.1734.