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Pottery ring stands

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4340

Three pottery [ring stands], [Type E XXIV], and bottom fragment of fourth (not measured); red brown ware, not well smoothed; damaged. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_13-10-48
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Stands
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4340 A, debris in shaft
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Height: 5.4 cm; 5.3 cm; 5.2 cm Diameter: max: 6.3 cm; max: 5.9 cm; max: 6.4 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 20.1911
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
  • Date of Register Entry
    10/21/1913
  • Remarks
    One of three ring stands accessioned as MFA 20.1911.
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4340

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 3

Full Bibliography

  • Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 475.

    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. 88, fig. 131.