Caption

New Year's canteen, Goluchów Greater Poland Voivodeship. Flat round faience canteen with a narrow short neck ending in a chipped spout shaped like a papyrus capital, decorated on both sides with plastic figurines of crouching baboons elbows on knees, paws supporting the muzzle. A floral necklace is depicted in relief on both sides of the neck, and a hieroglyphic text runs along the narrow sides. Materials: faience. Function: vessel. Date: 664–525 BC, Late Period, 26th Dynasty, Egypt. Height 17.5 cm +1.5 cm base, width 13.7 cm, weight 0.37 kg., A smooth oval vessel with a narrow neck and flared rim standing upright against a plain gray background, the vessel showing a predominantly greenish-blue patina with areas of lighter green and faint brownish spots; a vertical raised band runs along the front of the body with shallow incised shapes, and a small slit-like opening appears near the base of the neck; the vessel rests on a transparent stand that is partially visible and the overall lighting casts a soft shadow on the backdrop.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A17_440

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Keywords

New Year's canteen Goluchów Greater Poland Voivodeship Flat round faience canteen narrow short neck ending chipped spout shaped papyrus capital decorated sides plastic figurines crouching baboons elbows knees paws supporting muzzle floral necklace depicted relief hieroglyphic text runs narrow sides Materials faience Function vessel Date 664–525 Bc Late Period 26th Dynasty Egypt Height 17.5 cm +1.5 cm base width 13.7 cm weight 0.37 kg smooth oval vessel narrow neck flared rim standing upright plain gray background vessel showing predominantly greenish-blue patina areas lighter green faint brownish spots vertical raised band runs front body shallow incised shapes small slit- opening near base vessel rests transparent stand partially visible lighting casts soft shadow backdrop.