Open-Mouthed Cosmetic Jar with Mud Stopper

Unknown Artist

ca. 1504–1447 B.C.

Open-Mouthed Cosmetic Jar with Mud Stopper by Unknown Artist

Medium

Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), mud

Dimensions

Jar: H. 6 cm (2 3/8 in.); Diam. 5 cm (1 15/16 in.); Diam. of rim 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.); Diam. of foot 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in.). Lid: Diam. 3.1 cm (1 1/4 in.); Greatest th. 2.1 cm (13/16 in.)

Classification

Jar, mud stopper, Amenemhat

Period

New Kingdom

Department

Egyptian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1935

Accession Number

35.3.23a, b

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