Ointment jar from a Foundation Deposit of Hatshepsut's Valley Temple
Object type: Ointment jar, foundation deposit, Hatshepsut
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions: H. 12 cm (4 3/4 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif
Locale: Hatshepsut Causeway
Locus: Foundation Deposit (secondary dep. 14-60)
Excavation: Carnarvon excavations, 1912
Credit line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Accession year: 1926
Tags: Hieroglyphs