Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Alabaster cylinder jar (S.Cyl. 30); drilled with borer; fine grained, wavy lined, narrow horizontal bands of white, spots of white; broken and mended, pieces missing.
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- ID
- MFAB_11.567
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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: .178 H. .104 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. 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_C2678P_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Stone vessels from Menkaure valley temple: alabaster cylinder jars: S.Cyl. 30 (= MFA 11.567), S.Cyl. 29 (= MFA 11.560)
ID: HUMFA_C2678_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Stone vessels from Menkaure valley temple: alabaster cylinder jars: S.Cyl. 30 (= MFA 11.567), S.Cyl. 29 (= MFA 11.560)
