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Site: Giza; view: G 2100

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  • Site: Giza; View: G 2100
  • Site: Giza; View: G 2100
  • Site: Giza; view: G 2100
  • Site: Giza; view: G 2100
This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 1905-1906: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1906: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
Fragmentary alabaster jar
Findspot: Western Cemetery, Pit G 2100 D
about 2465–2323 B.C. Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions/Weight: Height: 30.1 cm (11 7/8 in.)
Classification: Vessels
Description: Alabaster jar; walls notably thick (in some places 4 cms); in fragments, one place patched with plaster.
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Selected Published References:
Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 419, fig. 239.
Remarks: Object not registered (no registration records for 1903-1904-1905-1906).