Pottery neckless shoulder jar

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

Pottery neckless shoulder jar with collared rim and flat base; brown ware with black spots; good condition.

ID

MFAB_20.1908
Department

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Classification

Vessels
Findspot

Pit G 1201 A
Material

Pottery
Dimensions

Overall: 12.5 x 11 cm (4 15/16 x 4 5/16 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, pp. 387-388, fig. 218(11).