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Fragmentary pottery jar

Object register page:

Large pottery round bottomed [shoulder] jar (cf. 14-1-11), [Type A II b]; hard ware (black interior, dark purplish inside), wet smoothed, pinkish slip; in fragments, incomplete. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: ca 1:8

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_14-1-15
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4630 A, shaft
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Height: 37.5 cm Diameter: ca 25 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 14.973
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
  • 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Unpublished Documents 3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. 494.

    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.