Fragment of a Kohl tube | Yale University Art Gallery

1390–1352 B.C.

Not on view

Medium: Core-formed glass, dark blue with green inlay
Dimensions: 2 3/8 × 9/16 in. (6 × 1.4 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased by Philip L. Goodwin for the Yale Art Gallery
Accession Number: 1936.82
Culture: Egyptian
Period: New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III
Classification: Containers
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Provenance

ex-Garrett Chatfield Pier Collection; purchased by Mr. Pier in Cairo in 1903; said to have come from the "palace of Amenhotep III, Thebes."

Bibliography

Gerry D. Scott, III, Ancient Egyptian Art at Yale, 1st (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1986), 104, no. 56, ill

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Inscriptions

Hmt-nsw.t wr.t mr.t=f Tiy 'nh.ti...\r\n"The King's great wife, his beloved, Tiye, may she live! . . . "

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