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Diorite jar with ledge handles

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2038, G 7145+7147

Diorite [jar] with two ledge handles, [Type III]; perfect. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_37-11-19
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 2038d C
  • Material
    Diorite
  • Dimensions
    Height: 11.7 cm Diameter: 16 cm; max: 18.6 cm; rim: 12.6 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 37.2741
  • Date of Register Entry
    11/27/1937
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2038

    • Site Name Western 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Unpublished Documents 1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. 94, fig 139.