Cosmetic Jar Sealed with Linen

New Kingdom

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 116

This small pottery jar was sealed with a piece of linen cloth. It was found in the tomb of Hatnefer inside a basket that is now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. The basket also contained a razor, a necklace, a sealed pottery juglet, and a linen sheet.

Cosmetic Jar Sealed with Linen, Pottery, linen

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