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Tall shouldered jar

Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
FindspotEgypt
Medium/TechniqueTravertine (Egyptian alabaster) stone
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 8.3 x 5.6 cm (3 1/4 x 2 3/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.184
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceFrom Mesaid tomb 229 [M/229/3] (Mesa'eed)
1910: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.