The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Jar from the tomb of Sennedjem

Jar from the tomb of Sennedjem

Period:: New Kingdom, Ramesside
Dynasty:: Dynasty 19
Reign:: reign of Ramesses II
Date:: ca. 1279–1213 B.C.
Geography:: Country of Origin Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, Deir el-Medina, Tomb of Sennedjem (TT 1), Maspero Excavations 1885–1886
Medium:: Pottery, paint
Dimensions:: H. 30.5 cm (12 in); w. 16 cm (6 5/16 in)
Credit Line:: Funds from various donors, 1886
Accession Number:: 86.1.10

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Description

This wine jar is decorated with floral garlands like those used in representations of funerary feasts. Numerous jars of this sort were found in Sennedjem's tomb. Other objects in the collection that were discovered in the same tomb are numbered 86.1.1–86.1.29
Provenance

Excavated by Maspero for the Egyptian Antiquities Service in the 1885-1886 season. Sold to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by the Egyptian government in 1886.
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Africa (33,408)

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