Jar with Cartouches of Merneptah
Object type: Jar, Merneptah
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom, Ramesside
Dynasty: Dynasty 19
Reign: reign of Merneptah
Date: ca. 1213–1203 B.C.
Medium: Aragonite
Dimensions: H. 38 cm (14 15/16 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Valley of the Kings
Locale: just outside the Tomb of Merneptah (KV 8)
Excavation: Carter/Carnarvon excavations, 1920
Credit line: Gift of Almina, Countess of Carnarvon, 1923
Accession year: 1923