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Marsh-Bowl of Rennefer

New Kingdom

ca. 1504–1447 B.C.

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 116

The interior of this bowl is decorated with a central pool of water from which lotus blossoms and buds extend. Just below the rim are six water birds and two tilapia fish. The bowl is one of three found in the coffin of Rennofer, wife of Neferkhawt, a royal scribe of the court of Hatshepsut (see also 35.3.77).

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Title: Marsh-Bowl of Rennefer

Period: New Kingdom

Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early

Reign: reign of Thutmose I–early sole Thutmose III

Date: ca. 1504–1447 B.C.

Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Tomb of Neferkhawet (MMA 729), west chamber A, Burial of Rennefer (II), in coffin, near head, MMA excavations, 1934–35

Medium: Faience, paint

Dimensions: H. 5.6 cm (2 3/16 in.); Diam. of rim 17 cm (6 11/16 in.), Diam. of base 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.; th. 0.7 cm (1/4 in)

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1935

Object Number: 35.3.78

Chronology

Egypt, 2000-1000 B.C.

Hatshepsut: From Queen to Pharaoh

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