Unguent Jar, Alabaster
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Jun 1940
name: label: Donor Name
content: Hon. Hoffman Philip
label: Site Name
content: Abydos (not certain)
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Base, flat; dia. 1 1/2"; pencilled "Edfu". Antiquity doubtful. Donor states "XIIth Dynasty. Purchased at Abydos."
label: Notes
content: From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Egyptian alabaster unguent jar, 404-250 BC. Scented oils like those used to preserve and perfume the body were placed in tombs for the deceased to enjoy in the next life.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Upper Egypt (not certain), Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ancient Egyptian
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 156677
label: USNM Number
content: A382096-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Jar