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2 of 2 • Pottery jars and bowls (mended, incomplete) from G 4140 A: top row: 13-11-43 (jar fragment), 13-11-30 (= MFA 13.5633, one of two spouts), 13-11-51 (basin fragment), 13-11-32 (= MFA 13.5635, spout), 13-11-49, 13-11-30 (= MFA 13.5633, one of two spouts), 13-11-48; second row: 13-11-25 (= MFA 13.5628, footed bowl), 13-11-25 (footed bowl fragment), 13-11-41 (model dish), 13-11-11 (= MFA 13.5623, model jar), 13-11-14 (= MFA 20.1897, jar); third row: 13-11-28 (= MFA 13.5631, jar), 13-11-13 (jar), 13-11-12 (= MFA 20.1896, jar), 13-11-26 (= MFA 20.1898, jar); bottom row: 13-11-29 (= MFA 13.5632, spouted bowl), 13-11-27 (= MFA 13.5630, jar), 13-11-15 (= MFA 13.5624, jar)
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Pottery jars and bowls (mended, incomplete) from G 4140 A: top row: 13-11-43 (jar fragment), 13-11-30 (= MFA 13.5633, one of two spouts), 13-11-51 (basin fragment), 13-11-32 (= MFA 13.5635, spout), 13-11-49, 13-11-30 (= MFA 13.5633, one of two spouts), 13-11-48; second row: 13-11-25 (= MFA 13.5628, footed bowl), 13-11-25 (footed bowl fragment), 13-11-41 (model dish), 13-11-11 (= MFA 13.5623, model jar), 13-11-14 (= MFA 20.1897, jar); third row: 13-11-28 (= MFA 13.5631, jar), 13-11-13 (jar), 13-11-12 (= MFA 20.1896, jar), 13-11-26 (= MFA 20.1898, jar); bottom row: 13-11-29 (= MFA 13.5632, spouted bowl), 13-11-27 (= MFA 13.5630, jar), 13-11-15 (= MFA 13.5624, jar)

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4140

Pottery jar, [Type B XVIII a]; fine reddish brown ware, wet smoothed, pebble polished; ware so burnt that it is reddish on surface "b" and brown on inside "a". Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_13-11-15
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4140 A
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Height: 21 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 13.5624
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
  • Date of Register Entry
    11/01/1913
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4140

    • 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Unpublished Documents 3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. 461, fig. 279, p. 463.

    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. 73, fig. 91.