Sealed Jar from the Tomb of Yuya and Tjuyu
New Kingdom
This large storage jar jas closed with a pottery saucer that was tied in place with a piece of cloth. The hieratic label suggests that the jar once held grain. The jar was part of the burial equipment of Yuya and Tjuyu, the parents of Queen Tiye who was principal wife of Amenhotep III and mother of Akhenaten.
The tomb of Yuya and Tjuyu (KV 46) was excavated in February 1905 by American financier Theodore M. Davis of Rhode Island. In the division of finds, Davies received two large, sealed storage jars, a pair of sandals, two shabti boxes, and three superbly crafted shabtis. Some of these pieces were given to The MET not long after the tomb was discovered. The others were bequeathed to the Museum after Davis died in 1915. For other objects from this tomb, see 10.184.1a, b and 30.8.56–64
