Lump of Rock Salt
Object type: Fragment, salt
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Rock Salt
Dimensions: L. 3.9 × W. 1.8 cm (1 9/16 × 11/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Locale: Tomb of Senenmut (TT 71), below
Locus: burial 2, in box
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1935–36
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1936
Accession year: 1936
Tags: Food