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Pottery round bottomed bent-sided bowl, [(Mycerinus) Type XXX]; traces of red burnish; perfect condition.

Details

ID
MFAB_47.1923
Alternate IDs
MFAB_47.1923; 47.1923
Department
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Classification
Vessels
Period
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
Title
Pottery carinated bowl
Medium
Pottery
Dimensions
Overall: 20 x 34 cm (7 7/8 x 13 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Menkaure Valley Temple (MVT / I 302 sub-31/51)
Bibliography
Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 224, p. 225, fig. 73 no. 3, p. 267.
Notes
This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 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 (no registration records for 1910).

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