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Fragment of pottery round-bottomed bowl with recurved rim, [Type C XXXII]; red brown ware.

Details

ID
MFAB_47.1771
Alternate IDs
47.1771; MFAB_47.1771
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
Fragment of pottery bowl with recurved rim
Medium
Pottery
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
G 7000 X, Hetepheres I, 1066(7)
Bibliography
Reisner, George A., and William Stevenson Smith. The Tomb of Hetep-Heres the Mother of Cheops: a Study of Egyptian Civilization in the Old Kingdom. A History of the Giza Necropolis 2. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1955, p. 65, fig. 61.
Notes
This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 1925-6: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 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).

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