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Fragments of pottery jars

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2200 = G 5080

Fragments of at least six pottery jars, [Type B XVIII c]; BrW (brown ware), red polished outside. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_33-2-122
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 2200 (= G 5080) B, debris of chamber
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Height: 8.8 cm Diameter: 10 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession numbers: 33.1158.1–33.1158.4, 33.1091
  • Date of Register Entry
    02/04/1933
  • Remarks
    MFA 33.1158.1–MFA 33.1158.4 = bases of four jars. MFA 33.1091 = one almost complete jar; object (MFA 33.1091) mislabeled 33-2-123.
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession numbers verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 5080

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 2

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. 73, fig. 91.