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Object Number
43-42-50/5863
Display Title
Restored pottery jar - plain red ware (Class A); pointed bottom
Descriptions
Object Description
Restored pottery jar - plain red ware (Class A); pointed bottom
Inventory Description
Ceramic jar, redware, mended from about 47 fragments, tapered base, constricted neck, bended rim, slightly pitted texture, mottled surface with wear, missing body sherds
Classification
- Jar
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Early 4th Hetepheres
- Old Kingdom
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Egypt
/
<State>
/
<County>
/
Giza
Additional Geographic Terms
Giza
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall (Width and Depth are diameter dimensions): 41.5 × 24.8 × 26 cm (16 5/16 × 9 3/4 × 10 1/4 in.)
Other (Representative wall thickness): 0.7 cm (1/4 in.)
Other (Representative rim thickness): 1.2 cm (1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
43-42-50/5863; 677/48; 1021/63; 1021/106; 1021/47; 1021/80; 1021/82; 1021/88; 1021/43; 1697/8; 673/4; 875; 675/43; 1020/9; 687/26
Provenance
Collector
George A. Reisner
(1905-1939)
Expedition
Harvard University- Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
(1905-1939)
Exchange participant
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
(December 29, 1943)
Intermediary
Dows Dunham
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