Kohl Jar Inscribed for Hatshepsut as God's Wife, ca. 1492–1477
Kohl Jar Inscribed for Hatshepsut as God's Wife, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1492–1477 , From Egypt; Probably from Upper Egypt, Thebes, Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), H. cm (2 9/16 in.); W. cm (1 7/8 in.); D. 5 cm (1 15/16 in.), This kohl jar imitates a bundle of reeds. A flat lid (now missing) once swiveled around a metal pin, a piece of which still remains in the hole. Inscribed with the title 'God's Wife,' the elegant vessel could not have been part of Hatshepsut's final burial equipment but must have been made during the queen's marriage to Thutmose II or during the first years of her joint reign with Thutmose III
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