Situla with Erased Cartouche of Akhenaten

1351-1334 BCE (New Kingdom-Amarna)

10.8 cm 30.5 cm

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Situlae were vessels used to pour offerings of milk or water in purification rituals. They take the form of a human breast and were associated with the goddess Isis. Situlae were found in temple treasuries at Amarna, the city built by the pharaoh Akhenaten to honor Aten, the s...

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Rev. William MacGregor Collection Sale, Sotheby's, London, 1922, no. 268; Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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संस्कृति
Egyptian
माध्यम
faience with blue glaze
विधा
Ceramics vases

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