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Pottery bowl

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4512, G 4930, G 5210, G 4813

Pottery bowl, [Type D XXXVII b]; RW (red ware), bottom knife-dressed, heavy red wash inside and outside; perfect. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_15-12-70
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4512 [A]
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Height: 9.6 cm Width: base: 5.2 cm Length: base: 4 cm Diameter: at 3 cm down: 17.75 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 20.1938
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/29/1915
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4512

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 3

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. 84, fig. 120.