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Squat shouldered jar

2575–2465 B.C.
FindspotEgypt
Medium/TechniquePorphyry
DimensionsDepth: 16 cm (6 5/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.1153
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Menkaura (Menkaura) Valley Temple, Giza. 1911: 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.


Findspot Information: From Menkaura (Mycerinus) Valley Temple, Giza