Wide-necked jar and lid naming Thutmose III

Wide-necked jar and lid naming Thutmose III

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

In Theban tomb paintings dating to Dynasty 18, servants are sometimes shown anointing guests with perfumed oils and ointments stored in small stone jars. A set of cosmetic jars highlighted with gold foil (26.8.29a, b–26.8.39) are associated with the grave goods of three foreign wives of Hatshepsut's nephew, Thutmose III. Most of these vessels are inscribed with the king's cartouche, marking them as royal gifts. The inscription on this jar reads: "the Good God, Menkheperre (Thutmose III)."

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wide-necked jar and lid naming Thutmose IIIWide-necked jar and lid naming Thutmose IIIWide-necked jar and lid naming Thutmose IIIWide-necked jar and lid naming Thutmose IIIWide-necked jar and lid naming Thutmose III

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.