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Open-Mouthed Cosmetic Jar with Mud Stopper

New Kingdom
ca. 1504–1447 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 116
This Egyptian alabaster jar was found with two others inside the coffin of a scribe named Amenemhat. The jars had been placed near the head of the mummy along with a bundle containing knives, razors, and a whetstone. All three jars were well made from fine-grained white stone. This one originally contained some sort of liquid that left a brown, crusty residue. It was sealed with a stopper made of Nile mud.

Amenemhat was the son of a man named Neferkhawet, and his burial was found in the family tomb in Western Thebes.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Open-Mouthed Cosmetic Jar with Mud Stopper
  • 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 head, MMA excavations
  • Medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), mud
  • Dimensions: Jar: H. 6 cm (2 3/8 in.); Diam. 5 cm (1 15/16 in.); Diam. of rim 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.); Diam. of foot 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in.). Lid: Diam. 3.1 cm (1 1/4 in.); Greatest th. 2.1 cm (13/16 in.)
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1935
  • Object Number: 35.3.23a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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