Title: Ointment jar in the shape of a baboon
Object type: Ointment jar, baboon
Date: ca. 1800–1550 B.C.
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 13–17
Medium: Anhydrite
Dimensions: H. 13.3 cm (5 1/4 in.); W. 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in.); D. 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1910
Geography: Said to be from     Northern Upper Egypt Girga (Thinis)    
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Baboons