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Kohl jar

Kohl Jar. Dimensions: H. 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.); Greatest diam. 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in.); D. 3 cm (1 3/16 in.). Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early. Reign: reign of Thutmose II-Early Joint reign. Date: ca. 1492-1473 B.C.. Hatnofer (36.3.1), the mother of Senenmut (36.3.252), received a rich burial in a small rock-cut tomb near that of her son. Her grave goods were deposited alongside her fine wooden coffin and included many objects from daily life. Inside one of the decorated baskets (36.3.59) were a smaller basket (36.3.60), an alabaster jar (36.3.61) , and this graceful kohl jar (36.3.63) with its wooden applicator (36.3.62). The jar had a crusty residue inside that was identified as galena, one of the minerals used as an eye cosmetic by the Egyptians. Hatnofer undoubtedly used the little eye-paint container and applicator during her lifetime.
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Title:
Kohl jar
Caption:
Kohl Jar. Dimensions: H. 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.); Greatest diam. 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in.); D. 3 cm (1 3/16 in.). Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early. Reign: reign of Thutmose II-Early Joint reign. Date: ca. 1492-1473 B.C.. Hatnofer (36.3.1), the mother of Senenmut (36.3.252), received a rich burial in a small rock-cut tomb near that of her son. Her grave goods were deposited alongside her fine wooden coffin and included many objects from daily life. Inside one of the decorated baskets (36.3.59) were a smaller basket (36.3.60), an alabaster jar (36.3.61) , and this graceful kohl jar (36.3.63) with its wooden applicator (36.3.62). The jar had a crusty residue inside that was identified as galena, one of the minerals used as an eye cosmetic by the Egyptians. Hatnofer undoubtedly used the little eye-paint container and applicator during her lifetime.
Technique/material:
Serpentinite, galena
Period:
NEW KINGDOM
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Releases:
Model: No - Property: No
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Image size:
4096 x 4113 px | 48.2 MB
Print size:
34.7 x 34.8 cm | 13.7 x 13.7 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
AFRICA • COSMETICS • EGYPT • EGYPTIAN ART • FROM EGYPT, UPPER EGYPT, THEBES, SHEIKH ABD EL-QURNA, TOMB OF HATNEFER AND RAMOSE (BELOW TT 71), INSIDE 36..59A, B (BASKET "O"), MMA EXCAVATIONS, 1935-36 • GALENA • JARS • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • NEW KINGDOM • SERPENTINITE • SERPENTINITE, GALENA • THÈBES • UPPER EGYPT • VESSELS