Jar Sealing

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This jar sealing still surrounds the neck of the jar it once sealed, and the rush mat used to cover the mouth of the jar is visible inside. The stamps on the outside of the sealing identify its contents as "ser from the storehouse brought for the heb-sed." Ser was a type of fat from a goose or a sheep, and the heb-sed was a rejuvination festival usually celebrated in the thirtieth year of a king’s reign.

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