id: 94495 accession number: 1914.813 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1914.813 updated: 2023-03-03 07:01:03.490000 Cosmetic Vessel (Cylinder Beaker), 1980–1801 BC. Egypt, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, 1980-1801 BC. Travertine; diameter of mouth: 5.6 cm (2 3/16 in.); overall: 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.813 title: Cosmetic Vessel (Cylinder Beaker) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1980–1801 BC creation date earliest: -1980 creation date latest: -1801 current location: creditline: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust copyright: --- culture: Egypt, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, 1980-1801 BC technique: travertine department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art collection: Egypt - Middle Kingdom type: Vessels find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter of mouth: 5.6 cm (2 3/16 in.); Overall: 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * CMA 1916, no. 73, p. 212, pl. 339 --- PROVENANCE Purchased through Henry W. Kent date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Jars of this shape and material are common in Middle Kingdom tombs. This one, however, is inscribed with the Egyptian word merhet, which means "perfumed oil," and after thousands of years it still has traces of sweet-smelling resin. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 page number: Reproduced: p. 162; Mentioned: p. 162 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1914.813/1914.813_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1914.813/1914.813_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1914.813/1914.813_full.tif