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Pottery trumpet shaped bowl stand with rolled rims (top and bottom), [(Mycerinus) Type XXII]; very worn, crumbly, base incomplete.

Details

  • ID
    MFAB_47.2180
  • Department
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Menkaure Valley Temple (MVT / I 355-389)
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Overall: 10 x 12 cm (3 15/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • Period
    Old Kingdom
  • 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.

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Full Bibliography

  • Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 220, p. 221, fig. 70 no. 3, p. 270.