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Pottery neckless shoulder jars

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4631

Four pottery [neckless] shoulder jars, [Type B LV a]; reddish brown ware (purplish interior), red polished; two perfect and two in fragments, incomplete. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_14-1-45
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4631 B, chamber
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Height: 22 cm Diameter: 19.5 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession numbers: 20.1884, 20.1885, 20.1886
  • Period
    Old Kingdom
  • Date of Register Entry
    01/10/1914
  • Remarks
    Three of four pottery neckless shoulder jars accessioned as MFA 20.1884, MFA 20.1885, MFA 20.1886.
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession numbers verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4631

    • 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Unpublished Documents 3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. 496, fig. 304c, p. 498.

    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. 77.