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Large storage jar
Egyptian
Old Kingdom
2649–2100 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Giza, G 5020 Annex
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number35-8-14
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionWare type: red-brownware
Vessel type: enormous shoulder jar
Profile: slender, wide mouthed
Rim type: rolled, everted
Base: pointed
Surface Condition: exterior coated with plaster; white washed; interior heavily encrusted
Vessel Condition: thirty-eight total fragments; incomplete
Decoration:
Other:
Vessel type: enormous shoulder jar
Profile: slender, wide mouthed
Rim type: rolled, everted
Base: pointed
Surface Condition: exterior coated with plaster; white washed; interior heavily encrusted
Vessel Condition: thirty-eight total fragments; incomplete
Decoration:
Other:
ProvenanceFrom Giza, G 5020, annex. 1935: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.