Rim fragment with lotus handle from a shallow strainer
New Kingdom, Ramesside
Not on view
This rim fragment with a lotus handle once belonged to a shallow strainer (see 30.8.369 for a complete example) that formed part of a wine service. The strainer would have been used to filter sediment from wine as it was poured from jugs, jars or flasks into bowls, goblets or situlae for drinking.
Many of the vessels found at Tell Basta were richly decorated and likely associated with a temple festival. Here the handle is engraved with a lotus blossom, a common motif in Egyptian art. Such blossoms were an important symbol of rebirth.
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