Kohl Jar
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1885
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. George W. Samson
label: Site Name
content: Thebes
notes: label: Notes
content: Turquoise blue faience, with black lotus design.
label: Notes
content: From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Blue faience kohl pot with black lotus design c. 1450-1200 BC. Common in graves before 3000 BC, cosmetic palettes provided a grinding surface for minerals in the eye paint needed to restore the deceased's eyesight. Later Egyptians kept eye paint in kohl pots like this one.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Jul 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Qena, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Egyptian, New Kingdom Period, Dynasty XVIII (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 015645
label: USNM Number
content: A74564-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Jar