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Fragmentary pottery jars

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Five large pottery jars, Type III (2) and Type II; all in fragments, four partly mended: a) coarse RW (red ware) [shoulder jar, Type A II b], wide form, potmarks similar to b; b) RW (red ware) [shoulder jar, Type A II b], red wash, potmarks; c) RW (red ware) jar, buff wash, no potmarks visible. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_28-3-87
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 7350 A, debris in doorway
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Height: a: 34 cm; b: 31.5 cm Diameter: a: max 24.3 cm, mouth: ca 10 cm; b: 22.1 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Date of Register Entry
    03/30/1928

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 7350

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 4

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. 70, fig. 81.