Small Ointment Vase (model?) ca. 2000-1640 B. C. Middle Kingdom ? This miniature vessel imitates the shape of an ointment jar of Dynasty 6. It was found with other small vessels () and the figure of a woman () 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 and ) - 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
Small Ointment Vase (model?) ca. 2000-1640 B. C. Middle Kingdom ? This miniature vessel imitates the shape of an ointment jar of Dynasty 6. It was found with other small vessels () and the figure of a woman () 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 and ) - 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 ) might suggest it was an Small Ointment Vase (model?). ca. 2000-1640 B. White speckled black stone. Middle Kingdom ?. From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht North, cemetery west of pyramid of Amenemhat I, so-called "toilet basket I," not with burial, MMA excavations, 1911–12. Dynasty 6 (?)
Size: 1944px × 1867px
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