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Ovoid jar

2490–2472 B.C.
FindspotGiza, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueAnorthosite gneiss
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 11.1 x 8.9 cm (4 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.470
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceFrom Giza, Menkaura Valley Temple. 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.
(Accession date: March 2, 1911)
Stone dish
2750–2649 B.C.
Group shot: 72.574, 24.734, 03.1529
2350–2170 B.C.
Straight sided beaker
2323–2150 B.C.
Spouted bowl
2490–2472 B.C.
Group shot: 11.388, 11.461, 11.770, 11.514, 11.604, 11.620, 21.2617, 21.3093, 21.2609
2575–2465 B.C.
Convex dish
2490–2472 B.C.
Round-bottomed bowl
2575–2465 B.C.
Round-bottomed dish
2575–2465 B.C.
Straight-sided beaker
2575–2465 B.C.