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Ceramics
New Year's Bottle
Egyptian artist
Egyptian artist
Egypt
Primary
6 7/8 x 5 7/16 x 3 11/16 in. (17.5 x 13.8 x 9.3 cm)
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Terracotta
Terracotta
664 BCE - 525 BCE
664 BCE
525 BCE
1000 BCE - 500 CE, ceramics, Egyptian, Egyptian, Thoth
Ceramics
The celebration of the ancient Egyptian New Year included gifts of these distinctively shaped vessels incised with garlands, geometric designs, and inscriptions invoking the gods to grant the owner life, health, and happiness. Two baboons, sacred to the calendar god Thoth, sit on each side of the papyrus-flower neck of the bottle. The bottles may have contained perfumes or oils used in New Year ceremonies, or perhaps water from a sacred pool.
[Gallery label text, 2009]
1951.200
item
Memorial Art Gallery
2/13/2001
51.200SL1
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full
2 x 2
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4 x 5
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8 x 10
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details
8 x 10
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51.200SL2
slide
detail-neck decoration
2 x 2
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51.200DI1
digital image
Memorial Art Gallery
Imaging Complete
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51.200DI2
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51.200DI#3
digital image
Detail
6/11/2009
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