Pottery jar
Pottery shoulder jar with rolled rim and flat base; red slip, burnished on exterior through to interior of neck; mended, incomplete.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_47.1961
- Alternate IDs
- 47.1961; MFAB_47.1961
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Vessels
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Pottery jar
- Medium
- Pottery (Nile Silt)
- Dimensions
- Rim diameter: 8 cm; Base diameter: 3.5 cm; Height: 16.6 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Pit G 1201 A
- 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.