Open-Mouthed Cosmetic Jar with Mud Stopper
Object type: Jar, mud stopper, Amenemhat
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
Reign: reign of Thutmose I–early sole Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1504–1447 B.C.
Medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), mud
Dimensions: Jar: H. 6 cm (2 3/8 in.); Diam. 5 cm (1 15/16 in.); Diam. of rim 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.); Diam. of foot 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in.). Lid: Diam. 3.1 cm (1 1/4 in.); Greatest th. 2.1 cm (13/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif
Locale: Tomb of Neferkhawet (MMA 729), east chamber
Locus: Burial of Amenemhat (V), inside coffin by head
Excavation: MMA excavations
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1935
Accession year: 1935