Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7000 X
Pottery bowl cover, originally had two opposed flaring lug handles on top (base of only one preserved), [Type G LII a]; brown ware; broken in many pieces and mended, partially restored with plaster.
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- ID
- MFAB_37.2709
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- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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- Classification
- Vessels
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- Findspot
- G 7000 X, Hetepheres I, 1022(6)
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- Material
- Pottery
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- Dimensions
- Legacy dimension: Diameter .365 m.
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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, reign of Snefru - reign of Khufu
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- Date of Register Entry
- 2575–2528 B.C.
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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. 1925-1926: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1937: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
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- Remarks
- Object not registered (some Hetepheres pottery was registered, some was not). Field number 1022(6) also associated with fragments of unregistered pottery bowl MFA 47.1734.
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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