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Wine Jar

Object Number:E14369A
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Egypt
Period: New Kingdom
Eighteenth Dynasty
Date Made: 1539 -1292 BCE
Early Date: -1540
Late Date: -1291
Section:Egyptian
Materials:Ceramic
Height: 73 cm
Credit Line:Gift of Sophia Cadwalader in memory of Eckley B. Coxe Jr., 1926

Description

Large brightly colored wine jar with a hes-shape with a tall lid (E14369B). The vessel is painted with blue bands of floral decoration and blue rings.There is an inscription on the body of the jar, reading Date Wine for the Osiris Menedjem", E 14369 A/B is on the right in the multimedia photo. E14368 A/B is on the left in the photo

Bibliography:

[Book] 1985. The Artifacts of Ancient Egypt.. National Museum of History, Republic of China. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 49View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Catalogue, Exhibition] Freed, Rita E. 1982. Egypt's Golden Age: The Art of Living in the New Kingdom, 1558-1085 BC.. Boston. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: #71View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Ranke, Hermann. 1950. "A Guide to the Egyptian Collections". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 15. no. 2-3. pg. 21-109 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 66, fig. 41View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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