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Model jar

2040–1783 B.C.
FindspotDeir el-Bersha, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueFaience
DimensionsHeight: 2.5 cm (1 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number15-4-418
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsModels
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Deir el-Bersha, Tomb 10, pit A. 1915: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, April 27, 1915; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt; 1921: received by MFA.
Model of a volute shell
2040–about 1640 B.C.
Model papyrus roll
1400–1390 B.C.
Model papyrus roll
1400–1390 B.C.
Model papyrus roll
1400–1390 B.C.
Model vessel
1400–1390 B.C.
Group shot (clockwise from lower left): 03.1086, 03.1089, 03.1103a-c, 03.1098, 03.1096, 03.1095
1400–1390 B.C.
Model fruit
2960–2770 B.C.
Model food,  fruit (?)
760–332 B.C.
Model food offering
760–332 B.C.
Model vase
2040–1783 B.C.