Painted Jar: From Tomb

Description:

Jar from the Tomb of Sennedjem

Artist:

Artist Unknown

Medium:

Painted pottery

Dimensions:

H. 28.5 cm; W. 16.8 cm; Diam. 15.5 cm

Context:

Tomb of Sennedjem (TT 1), Deir el-Medina, Thebes, Upper Egypt; Egyptian Antiquities Service/Maspero excavations, 1885–86

Date:

New Kingdom, ca. 1279–1213 BCE

Inventory Number:

86.1.12

Lender:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Credit:

Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Funds from various donors, 1886