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Fragmentary pottery flaring bowl

Object register page:

Pottery [flat bottomed flaring bowl] (cf. 14-1-92, but different rim), [Type D XXXIX a]; brown ware (black interior), wet smoothed, red polished; in fragments, incomplete. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: ca 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_14-3-49
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4720 A
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Height: ca 6.3 cm Diameter: 22.4 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 14.1472
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
  • Date of Register Entry
    03/08/1914 - 03/13/1914
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4720

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 5

Full Bibliography

  • Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 511, fig. 314.

    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. 84.