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Source Description
This jar was intended as a funerary gift and belonged to: "The one venerated before Anubis, who is within the place of embalming, the Osiris, the scribe Amenhotep." By the New Kingdom, the deceased were routinely identified with the god Osiris and was called "an Osiris." At this time, terracotta vessels were sometimes painted to imitate luxury goods made of glass or stone.
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Document identity
localId
10705
label
Jar
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
10705
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Jar
description
This jar was intended as a funerary gift and belonged to: "The one venerated before Anubis, who is within the place of embalming, the Osiris, the scribe Amenhotep." By the New Kingdom, the deceased were routinely identified with the god Osiris and was called "an Osiris." At this time, terracotta vessels were sometimes painted to imitate luxury goods made of glass or stone.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1390-1292 BCE (New Kingdom)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
jars
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
20.5
height
12.8
depth
9.8
dimensionsRaw
8 1/16 x 5 x 3 7/8 in. (20.5 x 12.8 x 9.8 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
inscriptions
[Translation] One revered by Anubis
who is in the place of embalming
Osiris
the scribe Amenhotep.
dynasty
18th Dynasty
med
terracotta with paint
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
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0
type
photo
mediaId
1bdd70ef66145ee6