Toilet vase
This miniature vessel imitates the shape of the large Middle Kingdom storage vessels of marl clay. It was found with other small vessels and the figure of a woman (11.151.745) in a basket (called "toilet basket I" by the excavators) west of the pyramid of Amenemhat I at Lisht North where the basket - like another one ("toilet basket II;" see 44.4.4 and 07.228.19) - was deposited by itself and without a body. The group is dated by the shape of 44.4.3 which can be compared with larger ointment jars found at Dahshur.
Artwork Details
- Title: Toilet vase
- Period: Middle Kingdom
- Dynasty: Dynasty 12, late–early 13
- Date: ca. 1850–1775 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht North, cemetery west of pyramid of Amenemhat I, so-called "toilet basket I," not with burial, MMA excavations
- Medium: Faience
- Dimensions: h. 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in); diam. 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in)
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1944
- Object Number: 44.4.1
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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