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Storage jar with mud stopper

Egyptian
Middle Kingdom, late Dynasty 11 – early Dynasty
2010–1961 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Deir el-Bersha, Tomb 10, shaft A (Djehutynakht)

Medium/Technique Pottery
Dimensions Height x diameter: 40 x 19 cm (15 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21.938
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionLarge round jar, round base. Contents and large mud seal intact were originally intact, but the latter has broken off along with much of the jar's rim. Two boxes of jar and mud sealing fragments are also present.
ProvenanceFrom Deir el-Bersha, tomb 10, shaft A (tomb of Djehutynakht). May 1915: 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: March 1, 1921)