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2 of 2 • Stone vessels from Menkaure valley temple: hardstone cylinder jars: H.S.Cyl. 4, H.S.Cyl. 3 (= MFA 11.1126)
Stone vessels from Menkaure valley temple: hardstone cylinder jars: top row: H.S.Cyl. 3 (= MFA 11.1126), H.S.Cyl. 71 (= MFA 11.502), H.S.Cyl. 2, H.S.Cyl. 10 (= MFA 11.497), H.S.Cyl. 1 (= MFA 11.685); bottom row: H.S.Cyl. 8 (= MFA 11.510), H.S.Cyl. 9 (= MFA 11.517), H.S.Cyl. 7, H.S.Cyl. 6 (= MFA 11.503), H.S.Cyl. 5 (= MFA 11.498), H.S.Cyl. 4
Stone vessels from Menkaure valley temple: hardstone cylinder jars: H.S.Cyl. 4, H.S.Cyl. 3 (= MFA 11.1126)

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

Porphyry cylinder jar (H.S.Cyl. 3); greenish-black and white; broken and mended, pieces missing.

Details

  • ID
    MFAB_11.1126
  • Department
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Menkaure Valley Temple (MVT)
  • Material
    Porphyry
  • Dimensions
    Legacy dimension: .09 H. .106 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. 185, fig. 53, no. 4.