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1 of 1 • Stone vessels from Menkaure valley temple: alabaster cylinder jars: S.Cyl. 35 (= MFA 11.545), S.Cyl. 36 (= MFA 11.547)
Stone vessels from Menkaure valley temple: alabaster cylinder jars: S.Cyl. 35 (= MFA 11.545), S.Cyl. 36 (= MFA 11.547)

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

Alabaster cylinder jar (S.Cyl. 35); drilled with borer; coarse grained, horizontal narrow bands of white; broken and mended, pieces missing.

Details

  • ID
    MFAB_11.545
  • Department
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Menkaure Valley Temple (MVT)
  • Material
    Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
  • Dimensions
    Legacy dimension: .136 H. .106 W.
  • 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)
  • Remarks
    Object mislabeled Cyl. 55
  • Problems/Questions
    accession card reads S.Cyl. 55; object mislabeled 55; but this jar does not match jar identified as Cyl. 55 in C2649 (see MFA 11.536); this is Cyl. 35

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