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Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza

Fragment of pottery jar with ink inscription in Old Kingdom cursive hieroglyphs.

Details

  • ID
    GEM_16061
  • Department
    Grand Egyptian Museum
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Giza
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    H 11.8 x max. diam. 14.0 cm
  • Credit Line
    Grand Egyptian Museum
  • Journal d'Entree number
    EMC_JE_53154
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_2/1287
  • Hermann Junker excavation number
    HJ_exc_153
  • Period
    Old Kingdom
  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • Notes
    Discovered 1928-1929
  • Remarks
    RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): Vienna Academy of Sciences; ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_JE_53154; EMC_SR_2.1287; ex. No. 153

People 1

Modern People

  • Hermann Junker

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates German, 1877–1962
    • Remarks Egyptologist, Director of German-Austrian expedition to Giza, 1911–1929. Published 12 volumes of final excavation reports from Giza expedition. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.