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Sherds from a shouldered jar
Egyptian
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
2575–2465 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Giza, G 4140 A
Medium/Technique
Pottery (Nile Silt)
Dimensions
Too fragmentary to take any dimensions
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number13.5630
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionBody sherds from a shouldered jar: unassembled. The exterior was red slipped and burnished; the interior was untreated. No base preserved; small bit of rim roughly parallel 13.5612 (jar with no neck and collar rim). Wheelmade.
ProvenanceFrom Giza, G 4140 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.