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Two Handled Jar and Lid decorated with a Resting Ibix Calf

Two Handled Jar and Lid decorated with a Resting Ibix Calf

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Date
ca. 1390–1352 B.C.
Medium
Limestone, paint
Dimensions
Height: 30.6 cm (12 1/16 in.); Jar: H. 24.1 cm (9 1/2 in.); W. 15.7 cm (6 3/16 in.); Llid: H. 7.6 cm (3 in.); Diam. 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Department
Egyptian Art
Gallery
116
Location
116
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922

Description

Overview Two Handled Jar and Lid decorated with a Resting Ibix Calf New Kingdom ca. 1390–1352 B.C. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 116 This jar belongs to a set that was purchased in Luxor from Sayed Molattam in 1923. The set is unusual because of the various creatures/deities decorating each lid. These include a resting calf (this jar), the head of the god Bes, the head of an ox, and a frog.

The only parallel group was discovered in the Valley of the Kings tomb of Yuya and Tjuyu, the parents of Queen Tiye, principal wife of Amenhotep III. For this reason, the jars are tentatively dated to this king's reign.