Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Porphyry squat jar (H.S.Sq. 67), no ring at top; greenish-black and white; broken and mended, pieces missing.
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- ID
- MFAB_11.400
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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
- Porphyry
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- Dimensions
- Overall: 7.6 x 15 cm (3 x 5 7/8 in.)
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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. 1908-1910: 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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- Remarks
- Two jars identified as H.S.Sq. 67: MFA 11.400 and MFA 11.643.
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- Site Name Menkaure Pyramid Complex
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