Little jar for ointment

Middle Kingdom (C. 2040-1786 B.C.)
 
Little jar for ointment with a flat base. Its round shoulder is high. Inside tubular internal, very thick wall.
Alabaster.
Height : 1,10 in. ; diameter : 1.77 in.
 
Old collection from Yvette and Jacques Deschamps.
Les objets de toilette égyptiens au musée du Louvre, Paris, 1972, pp. 110 & 111, n° 441.
Ref. : HA-059-2