Ointment jar with foot
Medium:Travertine (Egyptian Alabaster)
Geography: Undetermined site, Egypt
Date: c. 1550-1295 BC
Period: 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom
Object number: 900.2.157
Gallery Location:Galleries of Africa: Egypt
DescriptionThis small vase is of a type common in the Eighteenth Dynasty. They are often found in tombs but have also been found in the ruins of the palace at Gurob. They appear to have been used to hold ointments or other cosmetics and originally would have had a lid..
