Painted Wide-Mouthed Jug

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This jar contains the remains of a vegetable oil. It was originally covered with a small dish which was tied in place with linen cloth. A coffin, this jar, and other personal possessions were discovered with the burial of an unknown woman who may have been related to Senenmut, one of Hatshepsut's officials. The woman's coffin and personal possessions came to the Museum in the division of finds.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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.

Metropolitan Museum of Art