Ointment Jar

Middle Kingdom

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 108

This small ointment jar was part of a foundation deposit comprising 25 vessels of pottery and Egyptian alabaster, 1 stone burnisher of Egyptian alabaster, and 10 rough grinders of sandstone. The deposit was discovered in a pit along the axis of the pyramid temple of Amenemhat I at Lisht North, where it had been buried during rituals performed by the king to mark the beginning of the temple's construction.

See also 08.200.15a, 08.200.15c, 08.200.bb, 08.200dd, 08.200.15ff, and 08.200.15jj.

Ointment Jar, Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)

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Ointment Jar, Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Ointment Jar, Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Ointment Jar, Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)

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