Inscribed Jar

Title Inscribed Jar
Publication Date: ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E., or later
Publication Place - Brooklyn Museum
Type Other
Language Undetermined
Digital Yes
Manuscript No
Physical Dimensions 10 1/4 × overall diam. 8 9/16 in. (26 × 21.7 cm)
Library: Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID Accession Number: 16.72
Record ID brooklyn-9336
Library Location Brooklyn Museum
Date ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E., or later
Notes Pottery jar with pointed base, flaring body receding to a narrow cylindrical neck. There are four handles on the upper part of the body. Buff slip tinged with reddish orange. Between three of the handles runs an inscription in hieratic "Wine for the Lady Thuaa" who was the mother of Queen Tiy and the mother-in-law of Amenophis III. The jar is a typical piece of XVIII Dynasty pottery. Condition, the entire neck is missing, there are several minor chips in the slip. | more | less
Malzeme Clay, pigment
Zaman Dilimi New Kingdom
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Inscribed Jar

Publication Date ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E., or later
Publication Place - Brooklyn Museum
Type Other
Language Undetermined
Digital Yes
Manuscript No
Physical Dimensions 10 1/4 × overall diam. 8 9/16 in. (26 × 21.7 cm)
Library Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID Accession Number: 16.72
Record ID brooklyn-9336
Library Location Brooklyn Museum
Date ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E., or later
Notes Pottery jar with pointed base, flaring body receding to a narrow cylindrical neck. There are four handles on the upper part of the body. Buff slip tinged with reddish orange. Between three of the handles runs an inscription in hieratic "Wine for the Lady Thuaa" who was the mother of Queen Tiy and the mother-in-law of Amenophis III. The jar is a typical piece of XVIII Dynasty pottery. Condition, the entire neck is missing, there are several minor chips in the slip. | more | less
Malzeme Clay, pigment
Zaman Dilimi New Kingdom
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