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Pottery combed ware jar

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7500, G 2140, G 7766, G 7752

Pottery [two-handled combed ware] jar, [Type B LIV]; DbW (drab ware); complete except for bit of rim chipped off. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_32-12-18
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 2140 A, debris of chamber
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Height: 39 cm Diameter: 21 cm (27.6 cm)
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 47.1661
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/30/1932
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2140

    • 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Unpublished Documents 3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. 437, fig. 256.

    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, pp. 75-76.