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Group shot: 13.3144, 13.3252, 13.3257, 13.3269, 13.3263, 13.3265, 13.3266, 28.1148
"Opening of the Mouth" jar
Group shot: 13.3144, 13.3252, 13.3257, 13.3269, 13.3263, 13.3265, 13.3266, 28.1148

"Opening of the Mouth" jar

2246–2152 B.C.
FindspotGiza, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueQuartz crystal
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 3.2 x 3 cm (1 1/4 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number13.3269
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTomb equipment
ProvenanceFrom Giza G 2381 A (tomb of Impy). 1912: 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: December 4, 1913)
Group shot: 13.3144, 13.3252, 13.3257, 13.3269, 13.3263, 13.3265, 13.3266, 28.1148
"Opening of the Mouth" cup
2246–2152 B.C.
Group shot: 13.3144, 13.3252, 13.3257, 13.3269, 13.3263, 13.3265, 13.3266, 28.1148
"Opening of the Mouth" cup
2246–2152 B.C.
Cylindrical beaker
Cylindrical beaker
2490–2472 B.C.
Group shot: 11.388, 11.461, 11.770, 11.514, 11.604, 11.620, 21.2617, 21.3093, 21.2609
Opening of the Mouth cup
2551–2528 B.C.
Magic bottle
Magic bottle
2246–2152 B.C.
Inscribed tablet
Inscribed tablet
570 B.C.
Blue-glazed quartz beads
Blue-glazed quartz beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Beads
Beads
2400–1550 B.C.
Amulets
Amulets
2400–1550 B.C.
String of ball beads
String of ball beads
1700–1550 B.C.
Tall ovoid jar
Tall ovoid jar
743–712 B.C.
Beads
Beads