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Pottery neckless shoulder jar

[Pottery neckless shoulder jar], [Type B LV]. Illustration: No

Details

  • ID
    GEM_6366
  • Department
    Grand Egyptian Museum
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    G 7000 X, Hetepheres I, 1068(67)
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    27 cm; 1424 g
  • Credit Line
    Grand Egyptian Museum
  • Journal d'Entree number
    EMC_JE_67730
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_1/10067
  • Hetepheres findspot number
    HH_1068(67)
  • Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts excavation number
    HUMFA_34-3-11
  • Object Ownership Information
    In the collection of: Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM_6366, formerly EMC_JE_67730)
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khufu
  • Notes
    A large portion of Special Register section 7 (volumes 13-16) was originally misnumbered, with the object numbers following in sequence from section 1 volume 4; these numbers have thus been given EMC_SR_1 prefixes, despite being recorded in section 7.

Tombs and Monuments 1

Unpublished Documents 2

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. 65, fig. 62.