Kohl Jar

Kohl Jar

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

A pit in the portico of the rock- cut tomb MMA 840 in the Asasif area of the Theban necropolis contained the remains of a coffin, a group of fine jewelry and two toilet vessels (13.180.1-13.180.3; 13.180.4a–i; 13.180.5a, b; 13.180.6-13.180.11; 13.180.19a–c; 13.180.20). The dates of these objects range from the late Middle Kingdom (ca. 1850-1700 B. C.) through the Second Intermediate Period (ca. 1700-1550 B. C.). Similarly shaped stone vessels to this one found, for instance, at Dahshur, Haraga and other sites date this piece into the late Middle Kingdom.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.