Title: Lump of Rock Salt
Object type: Fragment, salt
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Medium: Rock Salt
Dimensions: L. 3.9 × W. 1.8 cm (1 9/16 × 11/16 in.)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1936
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Sheikh Abd el-Qurna Tomb of Senenmut (TT 71), below burial 2, in box MMA excavations, 1935–36 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Food