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Fragments of pottery basin

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2200 = G 5080, G 2120, G 2150, G 2170, G 5562, G 2370

Four baskets full of fragments of large pottery basin(s ?), [Type D LXXI a]; RW (red ware). Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_33-1-18
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 2120 A, debris of pit itself
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Height: 39 cm Diameter: ca 72 cm; base: 28 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 33.1033
  • Date of Register Entry
    01/04/1933
  • Remarks
    One fragmentary (incomplete) basin accessioned as MFA 33.1033.
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2120

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 2

Full Bibliography

  • Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 426, fig. 245, p. 429.

    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. 85, fig. 123.