Large Ointment Jar with Lid

Large Ointment Jar with Lid

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This flaring beaker is a type of jar used for ointments from the time of the earliest dynasties. It appears in the decoration and offering lists of Old Kingdom tombs as early as Dynasty 3. This is one of the vessel shapes associated with the seven sacred oils and is found in specially made boxed sets such as the one from the tomb of Princess Sithathoryunet of Dynasty 12 (16.1.33a, b–16.1.44), and in foundation deposits (see 25.3.46a, b; 25.3.47a, b).

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.