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Object Number
43-42-50/5870.2
Display Title
Body sherd with plaster
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ceramic, body sherd, brown ware, white plaster on exterior and interior
Classification
- Body
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Old Kingdom
- Early 4th Hetepheres
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Egypt
/
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/
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/
Giza
Intrasite
H.H. Pit No. 3
Materials
Ceramic , Plaster
Dimensions
Overall (Measurement pre-sampling): 4.7 × 4.1 × 1 cm (1 7/8 × 1 5/8 × 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
43-42-50/5870.2
Credit Line
Exchange with the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1943
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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