Jar Sealing

New Kingdom

ca. 1360 B.C.

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 117

This jar sealing still surrounds the neck of the jar it once sealed, and the rush mat used to cover the mouth of the jar is visible inside. The stamps on the outside of the sealing identify its contents as "ser from the storehouse brought for the heb-sed." Ser was a type of fat from a goose or a sheep, and the heb-sed was a rejuvination festival usually celebrated in the thirtieth year of a king’s reign.

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Title: Jar Sealing
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: probably reign of Amenhotep III
Date: ca. 1360 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt; Probably from Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata
Medium: Mud, pottery, plant fiber
Dimensions: H. 20 cm (7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1936
Object Number: 36.2.5
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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