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Cylindrical bowl

Cylindrical bowl

2490–2472 B.C.
FindspotGiza, Egypt
Medium/TechniquePegmatitic hornblende diorite
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 5.8 x 9.4 cm (2 5/16 x 3 11/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.498
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)
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