Large pottery two-handled [combed ware] jar (cf. 12-12-569), [Type B LIV], with large mud stopper with cylinder seal impression [GLYPHS] (impression includes cartouche of Pepi). Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs
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- ID
- HUMFA_12-12-570
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Classification
- Vessels
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- Findspot
- Pit G 2381 A, [chamber] (___ corrected to read 418)
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- Material
- Pottery, mud
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- Dimensions
- Height: 50 cm Width: 29 cm; handles: 4 cm
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Object Ownership Information
- MFA accession number: 13.2932
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- Period
- Early Bronze Age
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- Date of Register Entry
- 12/31/1912
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- Owner
- Pepi II
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- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified based on comparison with object
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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Brovarski, Edward. The Senedjemib Complex, Part 1: The Mastabas of Senedjemib Inti (G 2370), Khnumenti (G 2374), and Senedjemib Mehi (G 2378). Giza Mastabas 7. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 2001, p. 34.
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. 76; seal p. 54 (misidentified as 12-12-571), fig. 54 (mislabeled 12-12-571).
Ancient People
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- Type Owner
- Remarks Fourth king of Dynasty 6. Horus name: [nTr-xaw] Netjerkhau; other names: [nfr-kA-ra] Neferkare, [pjpj] Pepi
Name of this image
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- Nicholas Picardo npicardo@fas.harvard.edu
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