Toilet jar

Old Kingdom

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The objects 07.231.2-.6, .15, and .16 are] a group of stone vessels and necklaces excavated from an intact grave in the provincial/regional cemetery at Zaraby near Deir Rifa. The deceased was provided with a full size ointment jar and four miniature vases. Together they insured that the tomb owner would have the means for purification as well as food and drink for eternity. The tall beaker shape is traditional shape for ointment vessels at all periods of Egyptian history. The elongated form of the miniature vessels with high collared rim begins in the late Old Kingdom and continues through the First Intermediate Period where this shape is also characteristic of the pottery of this period.

Toilet jar, Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)

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Toilet jar, Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Toilet jar, Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)

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