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Fragmentary pottery basin with tubular spout

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4630

Huge pottery basin with [roll rim and] short [tubular] spout, [Type D XXXV a]; reddish brown ware (black interior), rough ware, wet smoothed; in fragments, incomplete. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_14-1-9
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4630 A, shaft
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Height: ca 35 cm Diameter: ca 43 cm; base: 12 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 14.970
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5
  • Date of Register Entry
    01/04/1914, 01/06/1914, 01/10/1914
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4630

    • 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Unpublished Documents 3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. 493-494, fig. 299.

    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, fig. 117.