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Model size collar jar - plain brown ware (Class B)
Model size collar jar - plain brown ware (Class B)
Object Number 43-42-50/5882
Display Title Model size collar jar - plain brown ware (Class B)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ceramic jar, small, brown ware, flat expanding base, slightly constricted body, wide flat shoulders, constricted collar, expanded neck, straight cylindrical rim, faint horizontal lines evidence of surface smoothing during construction, slightly coarse texture, small losses to base and expanded ridge at neck
Classification
  • Jar
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Old Kingdom
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Egypt / <State> / <County> / Giza
Intrasite Out of 5-F
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall (Width and Depth are diameter dimensions): 11.6 × 6.2 × 6.2 cm (4 9/16 × 2 7/16 × 2 7/16 in.) Other (Measurement of vessel opening): 3.9 × 3.9 cm (1 9/16 × 1 9/16 in.) Other (Representative wall thickness at rim): 0.4 cm (3/16 in.) Other (Measurement from base to shoulder): 8 cm (3 1/8 in.) Overall (Measurement of expanded neck): 5.4 × 5.45 cm (2 1/8 × 2 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 43-42-50/5882; 13-12-17
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 (12/29/1943)
Intermediary Dows Dunham

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