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Hes Vase from the Burial of Amenemhat

New Kingdom
ca. 1504–1447 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 116
The burial of a scribe named Amenemhat was found in the family tomb of established by his father, Neferkhawet. Inside Amenemhat's coffin were two ceremonial hes-vases, one on either side of the mummy's legs near the knees. The mouth of each vase had been closed with a wad of fine linen cloth. The jars appear to have held a dark liquid that had stained the inside and permeated the cloth stoppers which were blackened and disintegrating.

Neferkhawet's tomb was excavated by the Museum's Egyptian Expedition in 1935 and in the division of finds at the end of the excavation season, one of the hes-vases went to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and this one came to New York.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Hes Vase from the Burial of Amenemhat
  • Period: New Kingdom
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
  • Reign: reign of Thutmose I–early sole Thutmose III
  • Date: ca. 1504–1447 BCE
  • Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Tomb of Neferkhawet (MMA 729), east chamber, Burial of Amenemhat (V), inside coffin by knees, MMA excavations, 1934–35
  • Medium: Faience
  • Dimensions: H. 21 cm (8 1/4 in.); Diam. 8.5 cm (3/8 in.); Rim exterior diam. 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.); Base diam. 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.)
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1935
  • Object Number: 35.3.24
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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