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Fragmentary Ointment Jar Inscribed for Unas

Medium: Alabaster
Place Made: Egypt
Dates: ca. 2371-2350 B.C.E.
Dynasty: late V Dynasty
Period: Old Kingdom
Dimensions: 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm) high x 3 1/2 in. 8.9 cm) diameter
Inscriptions: Inscribed for Horus Wadj-tawy the Nsw-bity, Unas
Collections: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 37.76E
Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Image: Top, 37.76E_top_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2007

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- ca. 2371-2350 B.C.E.
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- broken
- damaged
- Fragmentary Ointment Jar Inscribed for Unas
- ointment jar
- ointment
- jar
- Unas
- B.C.E.
- alabaster
- white
- hieroglyphics
- vase
- container
- storage

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