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Jar for Eye Paint (kohl) with Attached Stand Middle KingdomAbydos

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 04.18.46a, b. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 04.18.46a, b
Find spot: Abydos, Northern Upper Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: late Dynasty 12–early Dynasty 13
Date: ca. 1878–1749 B.C.
Date range: 1878 BCE – 1749 BCE
Materials: ['anhydrite']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Jar for Eye Paint (kohl) with Attached Stand (04.18.46a, b). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/193

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Kohl jar, four-legged stand. Middle Kingdom, late Dynasty 12–early Dynasty 13, ca. 1878–1749 B.C. Anhydrite. H. 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.); Diam. 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.). From: Cemetery V, Tomb V21, Abydos, Northern Upper Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: Egypt Exploration Fund excavations, 1904. Credit: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1904.

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