Jug with rope pattern, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1479–1425 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Tomb of the 3 Foreign Wives of Thutmose III, Crystalline and banded travertine (Egyptian alabaster), H. 20.7 cm (8 1/8 in); diam. 15 cm (5 7/8 in), 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.
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Jug, rope pattern, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca, 1479–1425 B.C, Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, D, Tomb, 3 Foreign Wives, Thutmose III, Crystalline, banded travertine, Egyptian alabaster, H, 20.7 cm, 8 1/8, diam, 15, 5 7/8, handled, pitcher, ointment jar, Handled jugs, included, sets, jars, seven sacred, oils, early, 4, approximately, thousand years
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