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Group shot: 11.318, 99.718, 11.313, 11.314

Ovoid jar with painted boat

3650–3300 B.C.

Country of Origin, for CustomsEgypt

FindspotMesaid, Egypt

Medium/TechniquePottery (marl clay)

DimensionsHeight x diameter: 16.6 x 13.1 cm (6 9/16 x 5 3/16 in.)

Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition

Accession number11.314

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ClassificationsVessels

Collections

Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East

ProvenanceFrom Mesaid (Mesa'eed) tomb 62, no. 1 [M/62/1]. 1910: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; March 2, 1911: assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.

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