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Pottery cylinder jar

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 1110, G 1412, G 1309

Small pottey cylinder jar with concave sides and slightly flaring flat base and wide flattened everted rim; red brown ware with red slip; surface flaked at rim, some white deposits and chipping along base, condition otherwise good.

Details

  • ID
    MFAB_20.1942
  • Department
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    G 23
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Overall: 8.5 x 10 cm (3 3/8 x 3 15/16 in.)
  • 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; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
  • Problems/Questions
    Problem: provenance ?