Cosmetic jar with lid
Object type: Ointment jar, lid
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: possibly slightly after the death of of Amenemhat IV
Date: ca. 1805 B.C.
Medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions: H. 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.); Diam 5 cm (1 15/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif
Locale: pit tomb CC 25
Locus: debris
Excavation: Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1910
Credit line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Accession year: 1926