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Sherds from a jar
Egyptian
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
2575–2465 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Giza, G 4240 A
Medium/Technique
Pottery (Nile Silt)
Dimensions
Too fragmentary to take any dimensions
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number13.5656
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
Description13 body sherds from a jar: not reconstructed. Handmade, probably through coiling, and very carefully smoothed on the exterior. Exterior surface was slipped in either pink or white. Would have possibly belonged to an ovoid storage jar, roughly // GPMP type AB2.
ProvenanceFrom Giza, G 4240 A. 1913: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.