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Small pointed bottom jar - plain brown ware (Class B)
Small pointed bottom jar - plain brown ware (Class B)
Object Number 43-42-50/5881
Display Title Small pointed bottom jar - plain brown ware (Class B)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ceramic jar, flat base, constricted neck, flared rim, circumferential incised line on neck, brown ware, scratched somewhat coarse surface texture
Classification
  • Jar
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Old Kingdom
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Egypt / <State> / <County> / Giza
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 10.6 × 7.7 cm (4 3/16 × 3 1/16 in.) Other (Measurement of opening diameters): 3.9 × 4 cm (1 9/16 × 1 9/16 in.) Other (Representative rim thickness): 0.7 cm (1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 43-42-50/5881
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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