"Opening of the Mouth" jar
2246–2152 B.C.
FindspotGiza, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueBasalt
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 7.4 x 4.0 cm (2 15/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number13.3262
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTomb equipment
Collections
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)
(Accession date: December 4, 1913)
2246–2152 B.C.
2246–2152 B.C.
2246–2152 B.C.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
2575–2472 B.C.
2960–2770 B.C.
332 B.C.–A.D. 364
1070–712 B.C.