Ointment Jar
Object type: Jar, ointment
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 leaf
Dimensions: H. 11.7 cm (4 5/8 in.); diam. 9.3 cm (3 11/16 in.); th. of lid 0.4 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 (upper part and lid); Rogers Fund, 1922 (lower part)
Accession year: 1926