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Fragmentary pottery jar

Tall pottery wine jar [(shoulder jar)], [Type A II b]; WSR ware; mended, nearly complete. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_34-4-7
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    G 7000 X, Hetepheres I, 1022(2)
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Height: 40.5 cm Diameter: max: 24.6 cm; rim: 10.4 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 37.2735
  • Remarks
    WSR = imitation of tufl ware in RW (red ware) or RBrW (red-brown ware) covered with light colored slip or wash
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

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Unpublished Documents 2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. 63, fig. 58.