Squat shouldered jar
2575–2465 B.C.
FindspotEgypt
Medium/TechniquePegmatitic hornblende diorite
DimensionsHeight x depth: 7.7 x 12.4 cm (3 1/16 x 4 7/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.1156
On View
Not on viewClassificationsVessels
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Menkaura (Menkaura) Valley Temple, Giza. 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.
Findspot Information: From Menkaura (Mycerinus) Valley Temple
Findspot Information: From Menkaura (Mycerinus) Valley Temple
2960–2770 B.C., or earlier
2490–2472 B.C.
2490–2472 B.C.
2575–2465 B.C.
Naqada I, 3850–3650 B.C.
Naqada I (Amratian) 3850–3650 B.C.
2061–1070 B.C.
2334–2154 B.C.
3100–2630 B.C.
2548–2530 B.C.
2960–2649 B.C.