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Source Description
The beautiful hieroglyphs on this vessel identify its owner and the ritual in which it was used. On the left is King Pepi I's Horus name (one of a king's five names), "Beloved of the Two Lands [Egypt]." At center is his throne name, Mery-re; below are brief, symmetrical texts reading, "given life and dominion forever." On the right is a text, "First day of the Sed-festival." If an Egyptian king reigned for thirty years, he performed a ritual of renewal, the Sed-festival, in which this vessel would have been used.
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Document identity
localId
15119
label
Jubilee Vessel of Pepi I
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
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15119
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contentType
object
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normalized
title
Jubilee Vessel of Pepi I
description
The beautiful hieroglyphs on this vessel identify its owner and the ritual in which it was used. On the left is King Pepi I's Horus name (one of a king's five names), "Beloved of the Two Lands [Egypt]." At center is his throne name, Mery-re; below are brief, symmetrical texts reading, "given life and dominion forever." On the right is a text, "First day of the Sed-festival." If an Egyptian king reigned for thirty years, he performed a ritual of renewal, the Sed-festival, in which this vessel would have been used.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 2290 BCE (Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Stone
vessels
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
14.5
height
10.7
dimensionsRaw
bottom: 5 11/16 x 4 3/16 in. (14.5 x 10.7 cm) (h. x diam.);top: 5 11/16 in. (14.4 cm) (diam.)
Source extras
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Egyptian
inscriptions
[Translation] The Horus
Mery-tawy (Beloved of the Two Lands); King of Upper and Lower Egypt
Mery-re (Beloved of Re); First occasion of the Sed-festival; Given life and dominion forever
given life and dominion forever; [Translation] Right column: ""First of the Sed Festival"" Middle column: ""King of Upper and Lower Egypt""
Mery-Ra Left column: ""Horus name=Mery-tawy""; Horizontally "" Given life and happiness forever"" (this twice)
dynasty
6th Dynasty
reign
Pepi I (2321-2287 BC)
med
alabaster (calcite) and pigment
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6182
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EGY
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none
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1
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0
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photo
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