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Fragments of pottery plates

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4440

Fragments of two large [shallow] pottery plates, [Type C LXI b]; red brown ware (black interior), smooth coarse, no straw, wet smoothed. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: ca 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_13-11-122
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4440 A
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Height: ca 8 cm Diameter: ca 50 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 13.5686
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
  • Date of Register Entry
    11/26/1913, 11/27/1913
  • Remarks
    Fragments of two pottery plates accessioned as MFA 13.5686.
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4440

    • 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Unpublished Documents 3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. 476, fig. 287, p. 478.

    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. 82, fig. 112.