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Lentoid Bottle (Pilgrim Flask)

New Kingdom, Amarna Period
ca. 1347–1330 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 122
These are marl-clay pots excavated in the North Suburb at Amarna. The lentoid flask (29.7.1) is a type that originates outside Amarna itself. It probably came with particular trade contents: many such lentoid flasks from Amarna show a pitting on the interior that suggests their special contents was somewhat corrosive. The two-handled jar (29.7.2) is lidded with a small upside down silt-clay dish. It had a brown contents when excavated. The jar was found in a house with many others, some sunk into the floor for storage, and plentiful remains of pigments in the house suggested to the excavators that it belonged to a painter.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Lentoid Bottle (Pilgrim Flask)
  • Period: New Kingdom, Amarna Period
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 18
  • Reign: reign of Akhenaten
  • Date: ca. 1347–1330 BCE
  • Geography: From Egypt, Middle Egypt, Amarna (Akhetaten), House U.35.30, Egypt Exploration Society excavations, 1928–29
  • Medium: Pottery
  • Dimensions: H. 27 × Diam. 20 cm (10 5/8 × 7 7/8 in.)
  • Credit Line: Gift of Egypt Exploration society through the generosity of Mrs. John Hubbard, 1929
  • Object Number: 29.7.1
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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