Jar
Gallery Location
Galleries of Africa: Egypt
Medium
Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Geography
Excavated at Abydos, Egypt
Date
c. 2345-2181 BC
Period
6th Dynasty, Old Kingdom
Dimensions
10.5 × 6.5 cm
Object number
909.77.52
Cataloguer
Steven B. Shubert
ROM Research Associate, 2008-2022
Cataloguer
Rexine Hummel
ROM Departmental Associate, 2008-present
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: Ancient Egypt & Nubia
Object History
Excavated by the Egypt Exploration Society, 1908-1909
Bibliography
After W. M. Petrie’s excavations at the royal tombs of Abydos in 1900-1901, the Egypt Exploration Fund continued excavations at Abydos. In 1908-1909 cemetery F was excavated by a team headed by W. L.S. Loat and E.R. Ayrton and the contents of one of the tombs, F109, has come to the Royal Ontario Museum. This tomb assemblage represents a typical middle class burial at the end of the Old Kingdom. Small stone vessels such as this would be used to store unguents or perfumes for the deceased to use in the afterlife.
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