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Pottery neckless shoulder jar

[Pottery neckless shoulder jar (see 34-3-3)], [Type B LV]. Illustration: No

Details

  • ID
    PMAE_5867
  • Department
    Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Harvard University
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    G 7000 X, Hetepheres I, 1260(9)
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    H 14.2 x W 12.2 cm; representative wall thickness 0.6 cm; measurement of opening diameter 4.1 cm
  • Credit Line
    Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Harvard University
  • Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts excavation number
    HUMFA_34-3-47
  • Hetepheres findspot number
    HH_1260(9)
  • Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology number
    43-42-50/5867
  • Hetepheres findspot number
    HH_1266(66)
  • Hetepheres findspot number
    HH_1172(110)
  • Hetepheres findspot number
    HH_1266(25) (?)
  • Hetepheres findspot number
    HH_1284(4) (?)
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, Khufu
  • Object owned by
    Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Harvard University
  • Notes
    This jar was given overall Hetepheres findspot number HH_1260(9), but multiple additional numbers are visible in Peabody Museum photos (writen on the various fragments), including: 1266(66), 1172(110), 1266(25), and 1284(4) (?). (1266(25) is listed on diary page HUMFA_Vol.19.p.506 as "fragment of coarse red ware basin", so this number may be incorrect.)
  • Remarks
    Field number 1260(9) also associated with pottery neckless shoulder jar 34-3-3.

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Unpublished Documents 2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. 63.

Institutions 1