Ointment Jar
Object type: Jar, ointment, Hatshepsut, foundation ceremony
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), ointment
Dimensions: H. 14.3 cm (5 5/8 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Temple of Hatshepsut, forecourt
Locus: Foundation Deposit 3 (C)
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1923–24
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1925
Accession year: 1925
Tags: Hieroglyphs