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Combed ware oil jar
Near Eastern
2323–2150 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Giza, G 2387 A (=G 2385 A)
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 50 x 52 cm (19 11/16 x 20 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number37.2723
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
Description"Special ware" oil jar with formerly two (now only one) vertical stirrup handle(s) flat base and external rim. Light red ware, partly covered with thin coat of plaster. Neck and mouth formerly covered completely with thick plaster layer which is now partly missing. Body wet-smoothed and showing impressed or incised horizontal lines all around. Broken, mended and partly restored in plaster.
Syrian import
Syrian import
ProvenanceFrom Giza, G 2387 A, chamber. / Exp.Ph. C 13647. 1935: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.