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2 of 2 • Pottery: jars and bowls and model vessels from G 4720 A: top row: 14-3-37 (= MFA 20.1920), 14-3-41 (= MFA 20.1922), 14-3-40 (= MFA 20.1921), 14-3-39 (= MFA 14.1465, one of four jars), 14-3-36 (= MFA 14.1463), 14-3-50 (one of thirty-eight saucers); bottom row: 14-3-34, 14-3-35 (one of three jars), 14-3-33 (= MFA 20.1919, bowl with spout)
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Pottery: jars and bowls and model vessels from G 4720 A: top row: 14-3-37 (= MFA 20.1920), 14-3-41 (= MFA 20.1922), 14-3-40 (= MFA 20.1921), 14-3-39 (= MFA 14.1465, one of four jars), 14-3-36 (= MFA 14.1463), 14-3-50 (one of thirty-eight saucers); bottom row: 14-3-34, 14-3-35 (one of three jars), 14-3-33 (= MFA 20.1919, bowl with spout)
Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4720
Thirty-eight pottery model dishes, [Type D LXXIX a], and many odd fragments; ordinary brown ware. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2
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- ID
- HUMFA_14-3-50
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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 4720 A
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- Material
- Pottery
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- Dimensions
- Height: 1.7 - 2.5 cm Diameter: 5.7 - 7.2 cm
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Object Ownership Information
- MFA accession numbers: 14.1473.1–14.1473.9
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- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
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- Date of Register Entry
- 03/08/1914 - 03/13/1914
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- Remarks
- Nine of thirty-eight model dishes accessioned as MFA 14.1473.1–MFA 14.1473.9
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- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession numbers verified
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, pp. 511-512, 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. 87, fig. 127.
