Cosmetic Jar and Lid
Object type: Jar, cosmetic
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
Medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), gold foil
Dimensions: vessel: h. 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.); diam. 9.3 cm (3 11/16 in.); lid: diam. 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.); th. 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D
Locale: Tomb of the Three Foreign Wives of Thutmose III
Credit line: Fletcher Fund, 1919 (26.8.29a); Fletcher Fund, 1921 (26.8.29b)
Accession year: 1926