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Object Number
43-42-50/5869
Display Title
Bowl, 2 halves reconstructed from 20 sherds
Descriptions
Object Description
2 large fragments of large bowl with lugs and lip for pouring - coarse brown ware (Class C)
Inventory Description
Ceramic partial bowl, large bowl, buff with white patches, hemispherical lug handles, red substance on one edge, slightly pitted surface, mended from 21 fragments, sherds missing
Classification
- Bowl
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Early 4th Hetepheres
- Old Kingdom
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
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Egypt
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Giza
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall (Measurement of largest sherd): 51 × 38 × 19 cm (20 1/16 × 14 15/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
Other (Representative wall thickness): 1.7 cm (11/16 in.)
Quantity
5
Label on object
43-42-50/5869; 1422/62; 1187/51; 1189/18; H.H. / 1422/62 (CIRCLED); 1171/29; 1193/H2; 1422/61; 1171; 1078/28; 1078/29; 1078/30; 1078/25; 1078/36; 1191/20; 1199/112; 1191/28; 1417/34; 1418/127; 1189/25
Provenance
Collector
George A. Reisner
(1905-1939)
Expedition
Harvard University- Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
(1905-1939)
Exchange participant
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
(December 29, 1943)
Intermediary
Dows Dunham
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