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Source Description
The inscription on the cup contains the name of the "great chieftainess of the harem of Amen, Nesi-Khons," the wife of the high priest of Amen at Thebes, Pinodjem II. The beaker was found with 63 others in the famous cache of the royal mummies at Deir el-Bahari (Thebes).
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Document identity
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38040
label
Beaker of Nesi-Khons
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
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38040
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object
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normalized
title
Beaker of Nesi-Khons
description
The inscription on the cup contains the name of the "great chieftainess of the harem of Amen, Nesi-Khons," the wife of the high priest of Amen at Thebes, Pinodjem II. The beaker was found with 63 others in the famous cache of the royal mummies at Deir el-Bahari (Thebes).
provenance
Rev. William MacGregor, Tamworth, Staffordshire, by 1898; Sale, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, June 26-29 and July 4-6, 1922, no. 252; Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, 1922, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 973 BC (Third Intermediate Period)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
beakers (drinking vessels)
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
6.1
height
7
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 3/8 x W: 2 3/4 in. (6.1 x 7 cm)
Source extras
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Egyptian
inscriptions
[Inscription] On the cup: great chieftainess of the harem of Amen
Nesi-Khons
dynasty
21st Dynasty
med
Egyptian faience
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6182
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EGY
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10
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1
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0
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photo
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