Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Porphyry squat jar (H.S.Sq. 16), handles modeled on shoulder, ring modeled at top; greenish-black and white; broken and mended, pieces missing.
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- ID
- MFAB_11.1174
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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
- Legacy dimension: .108 H. .193 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_C2760_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Stone vessels from Menkaure valley temple: hardstone (porphyry) squat jar: H.S.Sq. 16 (= MFA 11.1174)