Jug with rope pattern

Unknown

ca. 1479–1425 B.C. · Crystalline and banded travertine (Egyptian alabaster) · Egyptian Art

This handled pitcher is an ointment jar. Handled jugs were included in sets of jars for the seven sacred oils as early as Dynasty 4, approximately a thousand years before this one was made.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1479–1425 B.C.

Medium

Crystalline and banded travertine (Egyptian alabaster)

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Fletcher Fund, 1919