Ointment Jar with Lid

New Kingdom

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 116

This jar is inscribed "The Good Goddess, Lady of the two Lands, Maatkare, may she live! Beloved of Amun who is in Djeser-djeseru." Maatkare was the throne name of Hatshepsut.

Ointment Jar with Lid, Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), paint

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