Pottery neckless shoulder jar with collared rim and flat base; brown ware with black spots; good condition.
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- ID
- MFAB_20.1908
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- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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- Classification
- Vessels
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- Findspot
- Pit G 1201 A
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- Material
- Pottery
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- Dimensions
- Overall: 12.5 x 11 cm (4 15/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
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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, early 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. 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.
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, pp. 387-388, fig. 218(11).
ID: HUMFA_C5377_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 1201
Description: Pottery from G 1201 (all unregistered): top row: MFA 20.1908, MFA 47.1968, MFA 47.1967, MFA 20.1909, MFA 47.1963; middle row: MFA 47.1966, MFA 47.1964, MFA 47.1962, MFA 47.1970, MFA 47.1965, MFA 47.1969; bottom row: MFA 47.1960, MFA 20.1906, MFA 47.1971, MFA 20.1907, MFA 47.1961