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Large jar with plaster seal

Egyptian
Old Kingdom
2649–2100 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Giza, G 5380 A, debris in chamber

Medium/Technique Pottery
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number12-10-40
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionWare type: drab ware
Vessel type: shoulder jar
Profile: tall; wide mouthed
Rim type: rolled
Base: pointed
Surface Condition: white slip
Vessel Condition: forty-six total fragments; incomplete
Decoration:
Other: one mud fragment and one brownware fragment of another vessel found with object; traces of thick plaster from seal about neck
ProvenanceFrom Giza, G 5380 A, debris in chamber. 1912: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.