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Pottery combed ware jar

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7310-7320, G 2438, G 2436, G 2350 = G 5290

Pottery [two-handled combed ware jar], [Type B LIV]; color red, horizontal lines on upper part and pattern below, [potmark near neck]; contains dried oil shiny black color. Illustration: Yes

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_40-5-7
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 2350 (= G 5290) L, chamber
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Height: 31 cm Diameter: max: 18 cm; rim: 8 cm; base: 9.5 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 47.1662
  • Date of Register Entry
    05/09/1940
  • Remarks
    cf. Lucas analysis of 32-12-18
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 5290

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

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, pp. 75-76, fig. 97.