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Stone vessels from Menkaure valley temple: alabaster cylinder jars: S.Cyl. 107 (= MFA 11.482), S.Cyl. 108
Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Alabaster cylinder jar (S.Cyl. 107) with flat base, everted rim; drilled with borer; fine grained, wavy lined; piece missing from neck.
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- ID
- MFAB_11.482
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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: 14.2 x 6.8 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
