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Pottery and plaster stand with pottery jars (model granaries)

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4733

Pottery and plaster stand for three [neckless shoulder jars (model granaries)], [Type F XXVI b]; white plaster covered with black slip, pottery reddish ware (black interior), wet smoothed, red polished, black speckled; two incomplete [jars] in position, one in fragments, third missing, one [jar] with plaster inverted cone in mouth, both [jars] with square door on side (for covers see 14-2-104). Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:4

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_14-2-109
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Tomb equipment-Models
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4733 E
  • Material
    Pottery, plaster
  • Dimensions
    Height: 21.5 cm Length: 49 cm Thickness: base: 5.5
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 20.1876a
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5
  • Date of Register Entry
    02/27/1914 - 03/01/1914
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4733

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 3

Full 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. 89, fig. 133.