Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
Findspot: Egypt, Giza, Menkaura (Mycerinus) Valley Temple
Height x diameter: 8 x 5.4 cm (3 1/8 x 2 1/8 in.)
Medium or Technique
Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Not On View
The base is flat, and the rim is flattened and everted. The stone is coarse-grained. There are horizontal bands of white. It is red-veined. It is broken and mended. It was drilled with a cylindrical drill. Fragments are missing.
From Giza, Menkaura (Mycerinus) Valley Temple. 1911: excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition