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Source Description
This lentil-shaped New Year's flask has two small baboons that appear at either side of the neck atop a band of hieroglyphic inscriptions. Such flasks may once have held a liquid used in a ceremony to mark the beginning of the new agricultural year, which began in late summer, when the Nile River began to flood.
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Document identity
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24801
label
New Year's Flask
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obj
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object
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5
Source metadata
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24801
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
New Year's Flask
description
This lentil-shaped New Year's flask has two small baboons that appear at either side of the neck atop a band of hieroglyphic inscriptions. Such flasks may once have held a liquid used in a ceremony to mark the beginning of the new agricultural year, which began in late summer, when the Nile River began to flood.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1922, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
mid 7th-mid 6th century BCE (Late Period)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
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en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
flasks (bottles)
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5
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5
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
14.5
height
12.2
depth
6.7
dimensionsRaw
H: 5 11/16 x W: 4 13/16 x D: 2 5/8 in. (14.5 x 12.2 x 6.7 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
26th Dynasty
med
Egyptian faience with green and blue glazes
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6182
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EGY
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none
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