Gneiss bowl (H.S.B.), incised cartouche of Snefru on inside; grey and black; broken and mended.
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- ID
- MFAB_11.756
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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
- Anorthosite gneiss
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- Dimensions
- Height x diameter: 6.8 x 19.9 cm (2 11/16 x 7 13/16 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
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- Owner
- Snefru
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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
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Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 179, p. 186, fig. 57, no. 38.
Ancient People
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- Type Owner
- Remarks First king of Dynasty 4. Father of Khufu.
Name of this image
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