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Pottery basin with tubular spout

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2381

Large [deep] pottery [flat bottomed basin] with [roll rim and short tubular] spout, [Type D XXXV a]; red ware, red wash, dull burnish inside and out. Illustration: No

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_12-12-567
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 2381 A, [chamber] (411)
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Height: 32.5 cm Width: 37.5 cm Length: 38.6 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 13.3270
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6, reign of Pepy II
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/31/1912
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2381

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 4

Full Bibliography

  • 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. 83.