Pottery shoulder jar

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 1201

Pottery shoulder jar with everted angled rim and pointed base; surface scratched on body below shoulder, worn, good condition.

ID

MFAB_20.1907
Department

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Classification

Vessels
Findspot

Pit G 1201 A
Material

Pottery
Dimensions

Overall: 13.5 x 10 cm (5 5/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Credit Line

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Object Ownership Information

MFA
Period

Old Kingdom, early 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. 1913-1914: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.

Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 387.