Two-handled globular jar

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This large two-handled storage jar is from the houses east, north, and west of the pyramid of Amenemhat I. The black coating on the interior suggests that it migt have been used at some point for mummification or embalming, then perhaps re-used for storage.

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