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Fragments of pottery jar

Object register page:

Fragments of pottery pointed[-bottom] [shoulder] jar, [Type A II b]; greenish drab (Keneh [Qeneh]) ware, wet smoothed, base knife dressed. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_13-11-117
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4440 A
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Height: 34+ cm Diameter: 19 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 13.5682
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
  • Date of Register Entry
    11/26/1913, 11/27/1913
  • Problems/Questions
    Problem: 13.5682 may be misidentified as 13-11-117

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4440

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 4

Full Bibliography

  • Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 477.

    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. 69.