Fragment of a Model Jar
This is a "dummy" jar, made of solid stone with only a small depression at the top. Enough of the inscription is preserved to be able to say that it once named the Mayor of Thebes Sennefer and his wife, the Royal Nurse Senetnay. The original shape would have been similar to another jar in the collection that names Senetnay, and a complete version of the text may be seen on a third. The incised inscription still preserves much of the original pigment: the lines separating the columns of text were filled with red and the hieroglyphs with blue.
The accession card for this jar records that it was discovered in the Valley of the Kings by Theodore M. Davis in 1913. During the 1912-13 season, Davies was funding excavations in and around the tomb of Siptah (KV 47). This tomb in the southern part of the Valley of the Kings, about fifty yards down hill from KV 42 where burial equipment of Senetnay had been discovered in 1900. It seems likely that this jar was discovered somewhere in the area of Siptah's tomb.
For more information on KV 42 and its contents, see the Curatorial Interpretation below.
The accession card for this jar records that it was discovered in the Valley of the Kings by Theodore M. Davis in 1913. During the 1912-13 season, Davies was funding excavations in and around the tomb of Siptah (KV 47). This tomb in the southern part of the Valley of the Kings, about fifty yards down hill from KV 42 where burial equipment of Senetnay had been discovered in 1900. It seems likely that this jar was discovered somewhere in the area of Siptah's tomb.
For more information on KV 42 and its contents, see the Curatorial Interpretation below.
Artwork Details
- Title: Fragment of a Model Jar
- Period: New Kingdom
- Dynasty: Dynasty 18
- Date: ca. 1550–1295 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Davis excavations, 1913; Probably from the area around the tomb of Siptah (KV 47); Probably made for the burial of Senetnay, wife of Sennefer
- Medium: Limestone, paint
- Dimensions: Preserved H. 14 cm (5 1/2 in.); greatest Diam. 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in.); base W. 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.)
- Credit Line: Gift of Theodore M. Davis, 1914
- Object Number: 14.6.47
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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