Sealed Jar
This decorated pottery jar was inside the coffin of Harmose (36.3.172), near the mummy's head. The mouth of the jar is covered with an upturned saucer that is held in place with a small piece of linen cloth, a standard mode of sealing a pottery container.
Artwork Details
- Title: Sealed Jar
- Period: New Kingdom
- Dynasty: Dynasty 18
- Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
- Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Senenmut (TT 71), below, burial of Singer Harmose, inside coffin, MMA excavations, 1935–36
- Medium: Pottery, paint, linen
- Dimensions: H. 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.); Diam. 11.2 cm (4 7/16 in.); Diam. of base 3.4 cm (1 5/16 in.)
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1936
- Object Number: 36.3.170
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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