Kohl Jar with Incised Figures
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Object Label
The images decorating the surface of this kohl jar resemble figures on Hyksos scarabs. This object was probably made in Thebes during the Seventeenth Dynasty, when the Hyksos controlled much of northern Egypt.
Caption
Kohl Jar with Incised Figures, ca. 1630–1539 B.C.E.. Limestone, 2 3/8 x diam. at base 1 15/16 in. (6 x 4.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.122. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Title
Kohl Jar with Incised Figures
Date
ca. 1630–1539 B.C.E.
Dynasty
Dynasty 17
Period
Second Intermediate Period
Geography
Place made: Egypt, Place collected: Thebes, Egypt
Medium
Limestone
Classification
Dimensions
2 3/8 x diam. at base 1 15/16 in. (6 x 4.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
Accession Number
16.122
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