Storage Jar from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache

Storage Jar from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This large open-mouthed jar is one of approximately a dozen discovered in a pit (KV 54) in the Valley of the Kings during excavations sponsored by Theodore M. Davis in 1907. The jars contained objects inscribed with the name of an obscure king by the name of Tutankhamun. In 1909, Davis gave several jars and their contents to the Metropolitan Museum where they are on display in gallery 122.

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.