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Beer jar (Slender shouldered jar)
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Beer jar (Slender shouldered jar)

2649–2100 B.C.
FindspotGiza, Egypt
Medium/TechniquePottery (coarse Nile Silt)
DimensionsRim diameter: 9.8 cm; Maximum diameter: 13.7 cm; Height: approx. 35 cm (w/o bottom of base)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number47.1915
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ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceFrom Giza, Menkaura Valley Temple, I-364. 19: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.