Kohl Jar
Object type: Kohl jar, blue marble
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Late Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12, late-13 up to 1700 B. C.
Date: ca. 1850–1700 B.C.
Medium: Anhydrite
Dimensions: H. 4 x Diam. 4.8 cm (1 9/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif
Locale: Tomb MMA 840
Locus: pit in portico
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1912–13
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1913
Accession year: 1913