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1 of 1 • Stone vessels from Menkaure valley temple: alabaster and limestone model (dummy) vessels: top row: Dim. 15 (= MFA 11.704, cylinder jar), Dim. 7 (= MFA 11.712, cylinder jar), Dim. 3 (= MFA 11.703, shoulder jar), Dim. 1 (= MFA 11.702, jar on stand), Dim. 4 (= MFA 11.705, cylinder jar), Dim. 13 (= MFA 11.690); middle row: Dim. 11 (= MFA 11.710, ovoid jar), Dim. 5 (= MFA 11.697, cylinder jar), Dim. 8 (= MFA 11.713), Dim. 9 (= MFA 11.709), Dim. 14 (= MFA 11.696); bottom row: Dim. 19 (= MFA 11.711, cup), Dim. 16 (= MFA 11.708, squat jar), Dim. 20 (= MFA 11.698, cup), Dim. 10 (= MFA 11.689, conical jar)
Stone vessels from Menkaure valley temple: alabaster and limestone model (dummy) vessels: top row: Dim. 15 (= MFA 11.704, cylinder jar), Dim. 7 (= MFA 11.712, cylinder jar), Dim. 3 (= MFA 11.703, shoulder jar), Dim. 1 (= MFA 11.702, jar on stand), Dim. 4 (= MFA 11.705, cylinder jar), Dim. 13 (= MFA 11.690); middle row: Dim. 11 (= MFA 11.710, ovoid jar), Dim. 5 (= MFA 11.697, cylinder jar), Dim. 8 (= MFA 11.713), Dim. 9 (= MFA 11.709), Dim. 14 (= MFA 11.696); bottom row: Dim. 19 (= MFA 11.711, cup), Dim. 16 (= MFA 11.708, squat jar), Dim. 20 (= MFA 11.698, cup), Dim. 10 (= MFA 11.689, conical jar)

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple

Limestone model squat jar (Dim. 16), no ring at top; white and grey; surface rough and incrusted.

Details

  • ID
    MFAB_11.708
  • Department
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Menkaure Valley Temple (MVT / III 12)
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    Legacy dimension: .04 H. .071 W.
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
  • 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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Full Bibliography

  • Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 184, fig. 52, no. 41.