Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Alabaster ovoid jar (Egg. 14), rim modeled at top; fine grained, band of large crystals, red veined; broken and mended, pieces missing.
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- ID
- MFAB_11.423
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- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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- Classification
- Vessels
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- Findspot
- Menkaure Valley Temple (MVT)
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- Material
- Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
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- Dimensions
- Overall: 10.4 x 12.1 cm
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Object Ownership Information
- MFA
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- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
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- 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)
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- Site Name Menkaure Pyramid Complex
