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Fragmentary pottery combed ware jar

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4620

Pottery two-handled [combed ware] jar, [Type B LIV]; hard grey ware, wet smoothed, light reddish brown slip, yellowish grey polished, ribbed, pebble polished after ribbing; in fragments, incomplete. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_14-3-67
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4620 A
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Height: 23.2 cm Diameter: 16 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 20.1914
  • Period
    Early Bronze Age
  • Date of Register Entry
    03/12/1914, 03/13/1914, 03/14/1914, 03/15/1914
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4620

    • 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Unpublished Documents 3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. 508-509, fig. 312.

    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. 76.