Upper Portion of a Blue-painted Hathor Jar
Object type: Jar, wide mouth, Hathor emblem, blue-painted ware
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Amenhotep III
Date: ca. 1390–1352 B.C.
Medium: pottery, slip, paint
Dimensions: H. 24.5 × Dia. 22.5 cm, 2.5 kg (9 5/8 × 8 7/8 in., 5.6 lb.); Largest Dia. 25 cm (9 13/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Malqata
Locale: Palace of Amenhotep III
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1910–11
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1911
Accession year: 1911
Tags: Hathor