Sealed Jar Tied in a Pot Sling
Object type: Jar, pot sling, linen, sealed
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Pottery with papyrus rope, linen
Dimensions: H. 69 cm (27 3/16 in.); Diam. of mouth 22 cm (8 11/16 in.); greatest width (including ropes) 48 cm (18 7/8 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Locale: Tomb of Senenmut (TT 71), below
Locus: deposit of 2 pots
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1935–36
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1936
Accession year: 1936