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Faience; light blue glaze; good condition.
Provenance
From Giza, Menkaura Pyramid Temple, communal burial in room J1 (= pillared hall 27), associated with mummy 56. 1907: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition (found by M. Kh.); assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession date: March 2, 1911)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Egyptian, Roman Imperial Period, 30 B.C.–A.D 364
Findspot
Giza, Egypt
Dimensions
Height x width: 0.9 x 0.7 cm (3/8 x 1/4 in.)
Accession Number
11.964
Medium or Technique
Faience