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Slender shouldered jar with neck and lid

2061–1640 B.C.
FindspotEgypt
Medium/TechniqueThe jar is Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), and the lid is limestone
DimensionsHeight x depth: 15.8 x 6.5 cm (6 1/4 x 2 9/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number13.3624a-b
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Sheikh Farag. 1913: 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 Sheikh Farag. S.F.43
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