Pharmaceutical jar, Saite Period, Dynasty 26, 570–526 BC, From Egypt, Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), H. 47 x D. 34 cm (18 1/2
Pharmaceutical jar, Saite Period, Dynasty 26, 570–526 BC, From Egypt, Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), H. 47 x D. 34 cm (18 1/2 x 13 3/8 in.), The incised inscription on this large jar identifies the contents of the vessel as 'Special ointment of the Manager of the Red-Crown Enclaves and Chief Physician, Harkhebi.' The man to whom the jar belonged probably lived in the Delta town of Buto; the 'Red-Crown Enclaves' was an ancient area of that town, and his name, which means 'Horus of Khemmis,' refers to the site near Buto where the infant Horus was hidden by his mother, Isis, as described on the Metternich Stela (No
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