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Fragmentary pottery jar

Object register page:

Huge round pottery shoulder jar, [Type A II b]; red ware (hard black interior), greenish slip; plaster inside very thick and hard (cf. 13-11-119); in fragments. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: ca 1:10

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_14-1-83
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4530 A
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Height: ca 42 cm Diameter: 26.5 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 14.1030
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
  • Date of Register Entry
    01/15/1914 - 01/20/1914
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4530

    • 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Unpublished Documents 3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. 490.

    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.