Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Alabaster squat jar (A.Sq. 63), ring modeled at top; fine grained, many vertical narrow bands of opaque white; broken and mended, pieces missing.
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- ID
- MFAB_11.1168
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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
- Legacy dimension: .096 H. .122 W.
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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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- Site Name Menkaure Pyramid Complex
ID: HUMFA_C2726_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Stone vessels from Menkaure valley temple: alabaster squat jars: A.Sq. 63 (= MFA 11.1168), A.Sq. 37 (= MFA 11.342)
ID: HUMFA_B579_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Stone vessels from Menkaure valley temple: alabaster vessels (jars, bowls, cups/conical bowls): top row: A.B.R. 8 (= MFA 11.1627), A.B. __ (= MFA 11.451), S.Cyl. 147 (= MFA 11.1558), A.Sq. 63 (= MFA 11.1168), F. 5 (= MFA 11.1231, ring stand, upside down), A.Sq. __, A.B.R. __; second row: A.Sh.J. 37 (= MFA 11.601), F. 8 (= MFA 11.1563, ring stand, upside down), S.Cyl. __, A.Sh.J. 6 (= MFA 11.676), A.B.R. 3 (= MFA 11.1620), A.B.R. 1 (= MFA 11.644); third row: A.C. 6 (= MFA 11.657), F. 4 (= MFA 11.621a-b), A.B.R. 7 (= MFA 11.1542), A.C. __, F. 3 (= MFA 11.1206), A.C. 7 (= MFA 11.901a-b); fourth row: A.B.R. 2 (= MFA 11.922), A.B. 6 (= MFA 11.445), A.B. 4 (= MFA 11.1157), A.B. __; bottom row: F. __ (= MFA 11.1622), A.B. __, F. 6 (= MFA 11.1631a-b), F. 9 (= MFA 11.1625)
