Brazier from the Burial of Amenhotep

Brazier from the Burial of Amenhotep

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

In the small tomb of a boy named Amenhotep (36.3.153), a group of jars (36.3.161, 36.3.162, 36.3.164) and this small brazier were found on either side of the coffin. The gray ashy material inside the bowl of the brazier are the remains of incense or a burnt offering that was probably made during the burial ceremony as seen in a detail from one of the Museum's facsimiles (see photo above and 30.4.56).

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.