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Squat shouldered jar

2575–2465 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueDiorite
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 13.5 x 19 cm (5 5/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Miss Mary S. Ames
Accession number11.1535
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy 1909: purchased in Egypt by Joseph Lindon Smith; 1909: on loan to the MFA; 1911: purchased by the MFA through funds provided by Mary S. Ames.
(Accession date: August 3, 1911.)
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