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Object Number
43-42-50/5879
Display Title
Red slipped plain brown ware jar
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ceramic jar, brown ware, red slip overall on exterior and rim interior, constricted flat base, wide shoulder, constricted neck, flared rim, vertical crack from rim to base, small losses along crack, losses at rim, some surface loss
Classification
- Jar
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Old Kingdom
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Egypt
/
<State>
/
<County>
/
Giza
Intrasite
Out of G 14 Pot 2
Materials
Ceramic , Pigment
Dimensions
Overall (Width and Depth are diameter dimensions): 12.9 × 10.6 × 10.6 cm (5 1/16 × 4 3/16 × 4 3/16 in.)
Other (Measurement of vessel opening): 5.6 × 5.4 cm (2 3/16 × 2 1/8 in.)
Other (Measurement of representative rim thickness): 0.4 cm (3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
43-42-50/5879; 14-2-121
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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