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Kohl Tube for Holding Eye Cosmetics

New Kingdom

ca. 1400–1390 B.C.

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Title: Kohl Tube for Holding Eye Cosmetics

Period: New Kingdom

Dynasty: Dynasty 18

Reign: reign of Thutmose IV

Date: ca. 1400–1390 B.C.

Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Thutmose IV (KV 43), Davis/Carter excavations 1903

Medium: Faience

Dimensions: h. 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in); diam. 2 cm (13/16 in)

Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915

Accession Number: 30.8.43

Chronology

Egypt, 2000-1000 B.C.

The Scepter of Egypt: A Background for the Study of the Egyptian Antiquities in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vol. 2, The Hyksos Period and the New Kingdom (1675–1080 B.C.)

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