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Squat shouldered jar

2575–2465 B.C.
FindspotGiza, Egypt
Medium/TechniquePorphyry
DimensionsHeight x width: 8.5 x 18.5 cm (3 3/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.386
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceFrom Giza, Menkaura (Mycerinus) Valley Temple. 1911: excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.