Flask
664 BC - 525 BC (made)
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New Year's flasks or bottles are so called because they often bear inscriptions relating to wishes for good fortune at the new year. They may have been given as gifts at festivals commemorating this time.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Glazed composition with impressed decoration and inscription |
| Brief description | New Year's bottle, green glazed composition, Tell el-Yehudiyeh, Egypt, Late Period, possibly Dynasty twenty-Six |
| Physical description | Green glazed composition New Year's bottle, with flared lip. Around the upper body of the bottle is impressed decoration imitating strings of beaded necklaces. To the neck of the bottle have been added a pair of relief moulded monkeys. An inscription impressed down each side of the bottle bears New Year's wishes of good fortune. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | New Year's wish Translation A happy New year to its lord! Transliteration wp.t rnp.t nfr.t n nb=s |
| Credit line | Given by the British School of Archaeology in Egypt |
| Object history | Found at Tell el-Yehudiyeh, 1905-6 excavation season. |
| Summary | New Year's flasks or bottles are so called because they often bear inscriptions relating to wishes for good fortune at the new year. They may have been given as gifts at festivals commemorating this time. |
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| Accession number | 567-1906 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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