Churn
The pieces of two large, open-mouthed. wood jars (one now in Cairo) were found in large baskets in a cache on the slope of Sheikh Abd el-Qurna hill below the offering chapel of Senenmut (TT 71). This one was made of two halves of a sycamore log. The mouth of the jar was reduced to a narrow oval with two boards that fit into the round opening. The oval shape suggests that jar may have been used as a churn. The halves of the jar were chopped into pieces several pieces before being placed in a basket and buried.
Artwork Details
- Title: Churn
- Period: New Kingdom
- Dynasty: Dynasty 18
- Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
- Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Senenmut (TT 71), below, deposit of 2 vats in a basket, MMA excavations, 1935–36
- Medium: Sycomore wood
- Dimensions: H. 69 cm (27 3/16 in.); diam. 43 cm (16 15/16 in.); greatest width 45 cm (17 11/16 in.)
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1936
- Object Number: 36.3.228
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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