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Fragmentary pottery jar

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7792, G 7330-7340, G 7530-7540, G 7500 Pt XI, G 7690, G 7792, G 7520, G 7450, street G 7400, G 7792, G 7779, street G 7500

Small pottery [shoulder] jar with neck and rim and rounded bottom, [Type A II b] (ovoid jar well known in Dynasty 5); RW (red ware); in fragments (mended), a few pieces missing. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_27-6-10
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    G 7530-7540: pit G 7530 A, debris on floor of chamber
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Height: 16.7 cm; neck: 2.1 cm Width: 11.9 cm; neck: 4.6 - 5.5 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 27.2038
  • Date of Register Entry
    06/05/1927
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

Published Documents 1

Unpublished Documents 4

Full Bibliography

  • Dunham, Dows, and William Kelly Simpson. The Mastaba of Queen Mersyankh III (G 7530-7540). Giza Mastabas 1. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1974, p. 23, fig. 16d.

    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. 70, fig. 83.