Dummy Jar Inscribed for Sennefer and Senetnay
This "dummy" jug is made of solid stone and was intended as a piece of burial equipment. Although the inscription names both the Mayor of Thebes Sennefer and his wife, the Royal Nurse Senetnay, it was probably intended for her burial. Like other royal wet-nurses, Senetnay had been given a tomb in the royal cemetery we now call the Valley of the Kings. Four canopic jars inscribed for her as well as numerous other dummy jars (some inscribed with Senetnay's name alone, others with hers and Sennefer's) were discovered in tomb number 42 (KV 42) in 1900.
For more information on the jars and KV 42, see the Curatorial Interpretation below.
For more information on the jars and KV 42, see the Curatorial Interpretation below.
Artwork Details
- Title: Dummy Jar Inscribed for Sennefer and Senetnay
- Period: New Kingdom
- Dynasty: Dynasty 18
- Reign: reign of Amenhotep II
- Date: ca. 1427–1400 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Queen Hatshepsut-Merytre, KV 42, reburial of Senetnay, wife of Sennefer, Macarios/Andraos excavations, 1900
- Medium: Limestone
- Dimensions: H. 18.5 (7 5/16 in.); Diam. 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.)
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1932
- Object Number: 32.2.3
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
ca. 1349–1330 B.C. or shortly thereafter
ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
1327–1295 BC
ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
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