Title: Ointment Jar
Object type: Jar, ointment, Hatshepsut, foundation ceremony
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), ointment
Dimensions: H 14.3 × Diam 8.4 cm (5 5/8 × 3 5/16 in.)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1925
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri Temple of Hatshepsut, forecourt Foundation Deposit 3 (C) MMA excavations, 1923–24 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Hieroglyphs