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Middle Kingdom
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This elegantly shaped object is a so-called hes jar with a stopper at the top. Such vessels were used for liquid offerings or in purification rituals. The piece here is not an actual jar though, but a miniature vessel that is solid and served as a model. It might have been used as a grave good to magically substitute a real jar.
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Title: Model hes jar
Period: Middle Kingdom
Date: ca. 1981–1640 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt
Medium: Faience
Dimensions: H. 6.5 × Diam. 1.9 cm (2 9/16 × 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Bequest of Nanette B. Kelekian, 2020
Accession Number: 2021.41.64
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