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Fragmentary pottery jar

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2440

Pottery flat bottomed shoulder jar, [Type B LIX c]; red ware, polished. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_40-4-8
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 2440 A, chamber, E of coffin
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Height: 32 cm Diameter: max: 21.5 cm; base: 8.5 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • Date of Register Entry
    04/06/1940

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2440

    • 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Unpublished Documents 1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. 79, fig. 104.