Title: Cosmetic jar with lid
Object type: Ointment jar, lid
Date: ca. 1805 B.C.
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: possibly slightly after the death of of Amenemhat IV
Medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions: H. 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.); Diam. 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.)
Credit line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif pit tomb CC 25 debris Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1910 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY