Skip to main content

Copper jar

Mirador viewer

2 of 3 • Senedjemib Complex: copper vessels from G 2381 A, Impy: top row: 12-12-328 (= MFA 13.3051a-b, bowl on stand), 12-12-318 (jar with spout [ewer]), 12-12-265 (= MFA 13.2940, flaring basin inscribed for Impy), 12-12-327 (basin), 12-12-255 (= MFA 13.2947, jar with spout [ewer] [in basin]), 12-12-256 (= MFA 13.2946, basin); bottom row: 12-12-375(?) (censer), 12-12-248 (= MFA 13.2970, model neckless shoulder jar, upside down), 12-12-229 (= MFA 13.2941, jar), 12-12-260 + 12-12-261 (= MFA 13.2968a + MFA 13.2968b, large neckless shoulder jar and cover), 12-12-307 (= MFA 13.2945, jar with spout), 12-12-316 (= MFA 13.2942, incense cup), 12-12-299 (= MFA 13.2943, cylindrical jar)
1
Senedjemib Complex: copper vessels from G 2381 A, Impy: top row: 12-12-328 (= MFA 13.3051a-b, bowl on stand), 12-12-318 (jar with spout [ewer]), 12-12-265 (= MFA 13.2940, flaring basin inscribed for Impy), 12-12-327 (basin), 12-12-255 (= MFA 13.2947, jar with spout [ewer] [in basin]), 12-12-256 (= MFA 13.2946, basin); bottom row: 12-12-375(?) (censer), 12-12-248 (= MFA 13.2970, model neckless shoulder jar, upside down), 12-12-229 (= MFA 13.2941, jar), 12-12-260 + 12-12-261 (= MFA 13.2968a + MFA 13.2968b, large neckless shoulder jar and cover), 12-12-307 (= MFA 13.2945, jar with spout), 12-12-316 (= MFA 13.2942, incense cup), 12-12-299 (= MFA 13.2943, cylindrical jar)
Senedjemib Complex: copper vessels from G 2381 A, Impy: top row: 12-12-359 (= MFA 13.2951, incense burner with handle, in three pieces), 12-12-297 (= MFA 13.2949, dish), 12-12-288 (dish), 12-12-226 (bowl); middle row: 12-12-328 (= MFA 13.3051a-b, bowl on stand), 12-12-318 (jar with spout [ewer]), 12-12-265 (= MFA 13.2940, flaring basin inscribed for Impy), 12-12-327 (basin), 12-12-255 (= MFA 13.2947, jar with spout [ewer] [in basin]), 12-12-256 (= MFA 13.2946, basin); bottom row: 12-12-375(?) (censer), 12-12-248 (= MFA 13.2970, model neckless shoulder jar), 12-12-229 (= MFA 13.2941, jar), 12-12-260 + 12-12-261 (= MFA 13.2968a + MFA 13.2968b, large neckless shoulder jar and cover), 12-12-307 (= MFA 13.2945, jar with spout), 12-12-316 (= MFA 13.2942, incense cup), 12-12-299 (= MFA 13.2943, cylindrical jar)

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2381

Copper jar. Illustration: Yes

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_12-12-229
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 2381 A, [chamber] (15)
  • Material
    Copper
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 13.2941
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6, reign of Pepy II
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/31/1912
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2381

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Published Documents 1

Unpublished Documents 4

Full Bibliography

  • Fisher, Clarence S. "New Egyptian Galleries." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 12, No. 71 (1914), p. 39.

    Reisner, George A. "A Family of Builders of the Sixth Dynasty, about 2600 B.C." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 11, No. 66 (November 1913), p. 61, fig. 15.

    Thomas, Nancy, ed. The American Discovery of Ancient Egypt. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1995, pp. 136-137, cat. 47e (incorrectly attributed to G 2383).