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Sherds from a jar
Egyptian
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
2575–2465 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Giza, G 4240 A
Dimensions
Too fragmentary to take any dimensions
Accession Number
13.5656
Medium or Technique
Pottery (Nile Silt)
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
13 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.
Provenance
From 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.
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition