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Pottery bag-shaped jar

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7000 X

Pottery bag-shaped jar with rounded base and flattened everted rim, [Type A LI]; pinkish brown ware; broken, repaired, and restored with plaster, small chip in rim.

Details

  • ID
    MFAB_37.2647
  • Department
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    G 7000 X, Hetepheres I, 1244(2)
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Overall: 12 x 15.5 cm (4 3/4 x 6 1/8 in.)
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Snefru - reign of Khufu
  • Date of Register Entry
    2575–2528 B.C.
  • 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.
  • Remarks
    Object not registered (some Hetepheres pottery was registered, some was not).

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Full Bibliography

  • Reisner, George A., and William Stevenson Smith. The Tomb of Hetep-Heres the Mother of Cheops: a Study of Egyptian Civilization in the Old Kingdom. A History of the Giza Necropolis 2. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1955, p. 64, fig. 59.