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Pottery neckless shoulder jars (model granaries)

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

Two pottery [neckless shoulder jars (model granaries)], originally from plaster bases (eg, see 14-2-109, 14-2-110, 14-2-111), [Type F XXVI b]; reddish brown ware (black interior), wet smoothed, red polished, square pot maker's mark; one [jar] complete, one in fragments, stopper (cf. 14-2-114, similar shape) loose inside. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_14-2-112
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Tomb equipment-Models
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4733 E
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Height: both: 18.9 cm Diameter: 16 - 16.7 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession numbers: 14.1251.1, 14.1251.2
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5
  • Date of Register Entry
    02/27/1914 - 03/01/1914
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession numbers 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Unpublished Documents 3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.