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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Ointment Jar
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Ointment Jar

Artist Unknown
CultureEgyptian
DatePredynastic - Early Dynastic Period (Dynasties 1-3), ca. 3100-2640 B.C.E.
MediumAlabaster
DimensionsOverall: 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number53.19.3
Collections
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 109
DescriptionCylindrical jar with a base slightly larger than the flanks, and a splayed cup. The lip is strongly marked with a large rim. A hole is drilled in its flank.

Label TextOintment Jar Predynastic Period—Early Dynastic Period (Dynasties 1—3), ca. 3100—2640 B.C.E. Alabaster Museum Purchase 53.19.3
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
Ointment Jar
Predynastic - Early Dynastic Period (Dynasties 1-3), ca. 3100-2640 B.C.E.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Ointment jar
Middle Kingdom, ca. 2055-1650 B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Unknown
Sphinx
Dynasty 12 (ca. 1985-1773 B.C.) or early Dynasty 18 (ca. 1550-1425 B.C.)
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Unknown
Sphinx
Late Period, 664-650 B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Coffin head
Dynasty 18, ca.1570-1314 B.C.
Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett.
Unknown
Mirror
ca. 1820-1840
Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett. Sized and color-correc…
Unknown
Mirror
1820-1840
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
Jar
5th century
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2012.
John Campbell Hutton
Trumpeting Seraphims Vase
ca. 1960
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Unknown
Crocodile
Ptolemaic Period, 199 - 99 B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Coffin Fragment
Late Period, Dynasty 25-30, 730-343 B.C.E.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Falcon (Horus)
Late Period, Dynasty 26, 664-525 B.C.E.
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