Sealed Amphora Containing Oil

Sealed Amphora Containing Oil

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This amphora has an inscription in hieratic dated to year 7 of the joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III. The inscription indicates that the jar contains two measures of setwy oil. The mud stopper, which completely covers the neck and mouth of the jar, was stamped with the seal of "Hatshepsut, God's Wife of Every Land." As a further security measure, a narrow strip of linen cloth has been passed through one handle, wound around the stopper, and the tied ends have been covered mud that was then stamped with a rectangular seal.

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.