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Pottery offering jar

Object register page:

Roughly-made pottery traditional offering jar, [Type A IV]; RW (red ware). Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_30-12-15
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Debris SW of mastaba G 7769 A
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Height: 25 cm Diameter: max: 12 - 15 cm; rim: 7 - 11 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/03/1930

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 7769

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 1

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. 71 (misidentified as 30-12-14), fig. 85 (two jars mislabeled 30-12-14, lower jar is 30-12-15, upper jar is unidentified).