Small Ointment Vase (model?)

Unknown

ca. 2000–1640 B. C. · White speckled black stone · Egyptian Art

This miniature vessel imitates the shape of an ointment jar of Dynasty 6. It was found with other small vessels (44.4.1-.3) and the figure of a woman (11.151.745) in a basket (called "toilet basket I" by the excavators) west of the pyramid of Amenemhat I at Lisht North where the basket - like another one ("toilet basket II;" see 44.4.4 and 07.228.19) - was deposited by itself and without a body. The majority of the objects in the group are dated to the late Middle Kingdom. The late Old Kingdom shape of this piece (compare 12.182.17) might suggest it was an heirloom.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 2000–1640 B. C.

Medium

White speckled black stone

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1911