Inscribed Pear-Shaped Jar
Object type: Jar, piriform, lid, inscription
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
Medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions: h. 24 cm (9 7/16 in.); diam. 20 cm (7 7/8 in.)
Geography: From|Probably from  |  Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud
Locale: Tomb of the 3 Foreign Wives of Thutmose III (Wadi D, Tomb 1)
Credit line: Fletcher Fund, 1919
Accession year: 1926