Alabaster ovoid jar

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple

Alabaster ovoid jar (Egg. 20), rim modeled at top; fine grained, wavy lined, two horizontal lines on surface; broken and mended, pieces missing.

ID

MFAB_11.422
Department

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Classification

Vessels
Findspot

Menkaure Valley Temple (MVT)
Material

Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions

Overall: 16.1 x 10.8 cm
Credit Line

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Object Ownership Information

MFA
Period

Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
Notes

This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1911: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession date: March 2, 1911)