Jar from Neferkhawet's Tomb

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The burial of Ruiu was found in the tomb of her father, Neferkhawet, which was excavated by the Museum’s Egyptian Expedition in 1935. This pottery jar had been placed inside the coffin, by the left shoulder of Ruiu's mummy. The jar was filled with a black, aromatic pitch flecked with red that has become solid with age. The geometric pattern on the outside of the jar was painted with dark and light red paint. The lid is made of Egyptian alabaster.

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