Long-necked jar

Period:: New Kingdom, Ramesside

Dynasty:: Dynasty 19

Reign:: Ramesses II or slightly later

Date:: ca. 1279–1213 B.C.

Geography:: From Egypt, Eastern Delta, Tell Basta (Bubastis), Temple of Bastet, ancient cache

Medium:: Silver

Dimensions:: H. 11.4 × Diam. 6.5 cm (4 1/2 × 2 9/16 in.)

Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1907

Accession Number:: 07.228.16

Not on view

WIne services do not seem to have a long history in Egypt, but appear to have been introduced in the New Kingdom when wine-drinking became a feature of elite society in the Ramesside Period. Most if not all of the vessels in Tell Basta vessels belonged to just such a wine service associated presumably with a temple festival.

Jars like this one might be used for mixing wine.

Discovered at Tell Basta during construction of the railway, 1906. Purchased by the Museum from Maurice Nahman, 1907.

Lythgoe, Albert M. 1907. "Recent Egyptian Acquisitions." In The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, vol. 2, no. 12 (December), pp. 195–196.

Lilyquist, Christine 2012. "Treasures from Tell Basta: Goddesses, Officials, and Artists in an International Age." In Metropolitan Museum Journal, 47, p. 49, no. 39; p. 12, fig. 3; p. 51, fig. 64; p. 60, fig. 84.

Timelines
Egypt, 2000-1000 B.C.

"Treasures from Tell Basta: Goddesses, Officials, and Artists in an International Age": Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 47 (2012)
The Scepter of Egypt: A Background for the Study of the Egyptian Antiquities in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vol. 2, The Hyksos Period and the New Kingdom (1675–1080 B.C.)

Department

Egyptian Art (27,137)

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