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Fragmentary pottery one-handled pitcher

Fragments (twenty-five fitting and mended, and ten small ones) of pottery one-handled [pitcher], [Type B LIII b]; red polished outside. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_32-12-13
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 2170 A, debris of chamber
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Height: 23 (26) cm Diameter: 14 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 33.721
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/30/1932
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2170

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Full Bibliography

  • Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 449, fig. 274, p. 450.

    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, pp. 64, 74, fig. 95.