Jar from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache
Object type: Jar
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Tutankhamun
Date: ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Medium: Pottery, hematite wash
Dimensions: H. 33.1 cm (13 1/16 in.); Diam. 16.8 cm (6 5/8 in.); Diam. of mouth 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Valley of the Kings
Locale: Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54)
Excavation: Davis/Ayrton excavations, 1907–08
Credit line: Gift of Theodore M. Davis, 1909
Accession year: 1909