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<em>Ointment Jar</em>, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E. Limestone, 6 1/8 × greatest diam. 3 3/4 in. (15.5 × 9.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.392E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.392E_view04.jpg)
Ointment Jar, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E. Limestone, 6 1/8 × greatest diam. 3 3/4 in. (15.5 × 9.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.392E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.392E_view04.jpg)
<em>Ointment Jar</em>, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E. Limestone, 6 1/8 × greatest diam. 3 3/4 in. (15.5 × 9.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.392E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.392E_view04.jpg)

Ointment Jar, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E. Limestone, 6 1/8 × greatest diam. 3 3/4 in. (15.5 × 9.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.392E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.392E_view04.jpg)

<em>Ointment Jar</em>, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E. Limestone, 6 1/8 × greatest diam. 3 3/4 in. (15.5 × 9.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.392E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.392E_view01.jpg)

Ointment Jar, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E. Limestone, 6 1/8 × greatest diam. 3 3/4 in. (15.5 × 9.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.392E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.392E_view01.jpg)

<em>Ointment Jar</em>, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E. Limestone, 6 1/8 × greatest diam. 3 3/4 in. (15.5 × 9.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.392E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.392E_view03.jpg)

Ointment Jar, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E. Limestone, 6 1/8 × greatest diam. 3 3/4 in. (15.5 × 9.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.392E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.392E_view03.jpg)

<em>Ointment Jar</em>, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E. Limestone, 6 1/8 × greatest diam. 3 3/4 in. (15.5 × 9.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.392E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.392E_view02.jpg)

Ointment Jar, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E. Limestone, 6 1/8 × greatest diam. 3 3/4 in. (15.5 × 9.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.392E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.392E_view02.jpg)

<em>Ointment Jar</em>, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E. Limestone, 6 1/8 × greatest diam. 3 3/4 in. (15.5 × 9.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.392E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.392E_view05.jpg)

Ointment Jar, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E. Limestone, 6 1/8 × greatest diam. 3 3/4 in. (15.5 × 9.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.392E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.392E_view05.jpg)

<em>Ointment Jar</em>, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E. Limestone, 6 1/8 × greatest diam. 3 3/4 in. (15.5 × 9.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.392E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.392E_view06.jpg)

Ointment Jar, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E. Limestone, 6 1/8 × greatest diam. 3 3/4 in. (15.5 × 9.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.392E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.392E_view06.jpg)

<em>Ointment Jar</em>, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E. Limestone, 6 1/8 × greatest diam. 3 3/4 in. (15.5 × 9.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.392E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 37.65E_37.630E_37.392E_GrpA_SL4.jpg)

Ointment Jar, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E. Limestone, 6 1/8 × greatest diam. 3 3/4 in. (15.5 × 9.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.392E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 37.65E_37.630E_37.392E_GrpA_SL4.jpg)

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Ointment Jar

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

On View: Egyptian Orientation Gallery, 3rd Floor
MEDIUM Limestone
  • Reportedly From: Saqqara, Egypt
    • DATES ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E.
    DYNASTY Dynasty 18
    PERIOD New Kingdom
    DIMENSIONS 6 1/8 × greatest diam. 3 3/4 in. (15.5 × 9.5 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 37.392E
    CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION A cylindrical vessel with flaring rim at top slight flare at bottom. Rim flat across top. Actual material is an indurated limestone, with a heavy red cast to it. Condition: Surface has acquired a sheen. A large chip has been taken from the rim and reattached at some time. Small chips and discolorations are apparent on the rim and body of the vessel.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Egyptian Orientation Gallery, 3rd Floor
    CAPTION Ointment Jar, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E. Limestone, 6 1/8 × greatest diam. 3 3/4 in. (15.5 × 9.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.392E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.392E_view04.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, color, CUR.37.392E_view04.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2022
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    <em>Ointment Jar</em>, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E. Limestone, 6 1/8 × greatest diam. 3 3/4 in. (15.5 × 9.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.392E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.392E_view04.jpg)

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    TAGS

    Ointment Jar
    limestone
    New York Historic Socierty Collection
    new Kingdom
    New York Historical Society Collection
    Egyptian
    Egypt
    vessels
    stone
    inanimate objects

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