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Object Number
43-42-50/5868
Display Title
Restored Hetepheres bag-shaped jar - plain red-brown ware (Class A)
Descriptions
Object Description
Restored Hetepheres bag-shaped jar - plain red-brown ware (Class A)
Inventory Description
Ceramic partial jar, mended from 11 fragments, redware, slightly pitted surface, rounded base, low hip, rounded body, constricted neck, flat rim, loses to body and rim
Classification
- Partial Vessel
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Early 4th Hetepheres
- Old Kingdom
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Egypt
/
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Giza
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall (Width represents a diameter dimension): 11.2 × 15.2 cm (4 7/16 × 6 in.)
Other (Representative wall thickness): 0.8 cm (5/16 in.)
Other (Measurement of opening diameter): 5.1 cm (2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
43-42-50/5868; 1254; 1248; 1267/17; HH / 1248 (CIRCLED); 1244/3;
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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