Jar with Cartouches of Merneptah

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The handles of this jar are in the shape of ibex heads. It was one of thirteen similar vases found outside the tomb of Merneptah in the Valley of the Kings; some bore the name of Ramesses III and others that of his successor Merneptah. A hieratic notation on the neck of this vase gives its capacity as 22 hin.

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