Kohl Jar with Incised Figures
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
The images decorating the surface of this kohl jar resemble figures on Hyksos scarabs. This object was probably made in Thebes during the Seventeenth Dynasty, when the Hyksos controlled much of northern Egypt.
MEDIUM
Limestone
DATES
ca. 1630–1539 B.C.E.
DYNASTY
Dynasty 17
PERIOD
Second Intermediate Period
DIMENSIONS
2 3/8 x diam. at base 1 15/16 in. (6 x 4.9 cm)
(show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER
16.122
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Limestone kohl jar with crudely incised decorations around major portion of entire body.
Condition: Base chipped, large crack runs through one-half of body; cover missing. Small section of incised decoration has black remaining in it possibly the original inlay.
Design consists of two panels separated by chevrons; one panel contains Horus Falcon and the goddess Thueris. Very crude work. Jar is solid excepting for cylindrical hold bored to receive contents. Probably a funerary piece.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Kohl Jar with Incised Figures, ca. 1630–1539 B.C.E. Limestone, 2 3/8 x diam. at base 1 15/16 in. (6 x 4.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.122. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.122_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
overall,
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