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Fragmentary pottery combed ware jars

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7330-7340

Six baskets full of potsherds, of which following pieced together and mended, all incomplete: j1) tall two-handled [combed ware] jar, [Type B LIV], with potmark on front; mended, incomplete; j2) neck and other fragments of another. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_34-6-17j
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    G 7330-7340: pit G 7330 A, debris of pit
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Height: j1) 43.8 cm Diameter: j1) max: 30.4 cm; j1) rim: 9.4 cm; j2) 9 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • MFA accession number
    37.1319
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 37.1319
  • Date of Register Entry
    06/24/1934, 06/25/1934, 06/28/1934
  • Remarks
    Fragmentary combed war jar 34-6-17j1 accessioned as MFA 37.1319.
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

Unpublished Documents 4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. 76, fig. 80.