Wide-necked jar and lid naming Thutmose III

Wide-necked jar and lid naming Thutmose III

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This cosmetic jar is from the tomb of three foreign wives of Thutmose III (see 26.7.1175 and 23.9). It is made of a weathered, glassy material that has been difficult to identify with certainty. Gold foil has been applied to the neck and around the edge of the lid. The shape is typical for cosmetic vessels in the mid-Eighteenth Dynasty. The inscription around the jar reads: Live! The Horus, Mighty bull arising in Thebes, the Good God, Lord of the Two Lands, King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Menkheperre, Son of Re, Thutmose-Neferkheperu, given life, stability, and dominion like Re, forever and ever. The inscription on the lid reads: The Good God, Menkheperre, given life.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wide-necked jar and lid naming Thutmose IIIWide-necked jar and lid naming Thutmose IIIWide-necked jar and lid naming Thutmose IIIWide-necked jar and lid naming Thutmose IIIWide-necked jar and lid naming Thutmose III

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.