The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Storage Jar with Lid

Storage Jar with Lid

Period:: New Kingdom
Dynasty:: Dynasty 18
Reign:: reign of Thutmose III
Date:: ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
Geography:: Country of Origin Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Tomb of the 3 Foreign Wives of Thutmose III, Wadi D, Tomb 1
Medium:: Egyptian Alabaster
Dimensions:: H. 21.3 cm (8 3/8 in); diam. 13 in (5 1/8 in)
Credit Line:: Fletcher Fund, 1926
Accession Number:: 26.8.10a, b

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 118

Provenance

Purchased in Luxor with other objects presumed to be from western Thebes, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Tomb 1, 1919.
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What
Vessels (21,921)

Jars (4,427)

Gypsum (1,223)

Alabaster (1,191)

Lids (447)
Where
Africa (33,501)

Egypt (29,889)

Upper Egypt (13,662)

Thebes (10,570)
When
2000-1000 B.C. (18,709)
In the Museum
Egyptian Art (26,254)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Egypt, 2000–1000 B.C.
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