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One of a Set of Jars for Seven Sacred Oils or Unguents Ptolemaic PeriodMemphis

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 49.52.5a-b. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: 49.52.5a-b
Find spot: Memphis, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Ptolemaic Period
Date: 305–30 B.C.E.
Date range: 305 BCE – 30 BCE
Materials: ['Faience']
Height: 6.4 cm
Width: 6.0 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, One of a Set of Jars for Seven Sacred Oils or Unguents (49.52.5a-b). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/18136

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Caption: One of a Set of Jars for Seven Sacred Oils or Unguents, 305–30 B.C.E.. Faience, 2 1/2 x 2 3/8 in. (6.4 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 49.52.5a-b. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.

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Found at Memphis

Materials Ceramic Body

Cross-references (2)

BKM-Accession 49.52.5a-b tier-2
BKM-Object 160392 tier-2

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