Ointment Jar
Place made:Egypt
Culture: Egyptian
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Date: ca. 1390-1352 B.C.
Medium: Glass
Dimensions:
with lid: h. 1 15/16 in. (5 cm); rim: diam. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm);
foot: diam. 13/16 in. (2 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with the Grace Fortner Rider Fund
Object number: 2002.7.a-b
Inscribed: Cartouche of Amenhotep III: "King Amenhotep III, beloved of Soker"
One column of text read right to left:
nb-mAat-ra mry skr
Neb-Ma’at-Ra (Amunhotep III), beloved of Sokar
Additional information in curatorial file [S. Schellinger 2018]
Provenance: sold by Peter Sharrer, Hillsdale, NJ, to San Antonio Museum of Art, 2002
Label Text
King Amenhotep III and his family members kept precious ointments and perfumes in colorful glass vessels like this one, which is inscribed with the king’s name. The production of glass containers—luxury goods in their own right—flourished in Egypt during his reign.
(Jessica Powers, 2018)
(Jessica Powers, 2018)
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