Fragments of gneiss bowl
Gneiss bowl (H.S.B. 40); fine grained, grey and white; broken and mended, now in fragments, half only.
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- ID
- MFAB_11.1178
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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
- Legacy dimension: .045 H. .096 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