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Pottery [shoulder] jar, [Type A II b]; coarse black-centered brown ware, red wash, a few black hematite specks on surface, pebble polished; neck and rim gone. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_13-11-27
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4140 A
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Height: 20.5+ cm Diameter: 13.5 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 13.5630
  • 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Unpublished Documents 3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. 69, fig. 81.