Lentoid Bottle ("New Year's Bottle")
This flask was purchased with a bronze neck and handles attached that were later determined not to belong to the piece; it would originally have had a short neck, perhaps in the shape of a papyrus or lotus column, with two handles or heraldic animals (see, for example, 10.130.2016). A floral garland is depicted around the shoulder, and a single column of inscription on one side references the New Year's festival. It is of a type known as a "New Year's Bottle," thought to have been filled with water from the Nile and given as a gift.
Artwork Details
- Title: Lentoid Bottle ("New Year's Bottle")
- Period: Late Period
- Date: 664–332 BC
- Geography: From Egypt
- Medium: Faience
- Dimensions: H. 7.9 × W. 6.4 × D. 4.1 cm (3 1/8 × 2 1/2 × 1 5/8 in.)
- Credit Line: Funds from various donors, 1886
- Object Number: 86.1.60
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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4th century B.C.
360–343 BCE
ca. 872–664 BCE
664–525 BCE
332–30 BCE
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