Kohl Pot
E1039A
From: Egypt | Deir El-Bahari
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
| Object Number | E1039A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Egypt | Deir El-Bahari |
| Locus | Foundation Deposit |
| Period | Eighteenth Dynasty | New Kingdom |
| Date Made | 1539-1292 BCE |
| Section | Egyptian |
| Materials | Alabaster |
| Iconography | Queen |
| Description | Flaring unguent jar. Flat base, rolled rim. Single, roughly-carved column of inscription on the side reads "nTr-nfr (mAa.t-kA-r')| jmn xnt.j Dsr-Dsr.w," "The Good God, (Maatkara)| Amun, Foremost of Deir el-Bahri." Hatshepsut's name is spelled with the Maat feather, and the writing of Dsr-Dsr.w is somewhat truncated. The jar still contains some type of solidified resin. |
| Height | 6.6 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 4.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Distribution from the Egypt Exploration Fund; E. Naville, 1896 |
| Other Number | ES1039 - Original Number |
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