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Fragments of pottery

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Many odd fragments of crude ordinary brown ware (some with purplish interior), wet smoothed: (a) trays (4 +, [Type F XXVI a]); (b) short cylindrical [ring] stands (7 +, [Type E XXIV]); (c) taller [bowl] stands (15 +, [Type E XXII b]); (d) little model dishes (2, Type D LXXIX a]); (e) model jars (4, [3 of Type B LV b, 1 of Type B LVI]). Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:4

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_14-2-123
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4733 E
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • Date of Register Entry
    02/27/1914 - 03/01/1914
  • Remarks
    Three pottery ring stands and various fragments from pottery tray(s) and model dish MFA owned (unaccessioned).

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4733

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 9

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. 77, fig. 100, p. 78, fig. 101, p. 88, figs. 130 & 133, p. 88 (misidentified as 14-2-122, incorrectly listed as 74 examples), fig. 131 (mislabeled 14-2-122).