Caption

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 with elbows on knees and 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. Height 17.5 cm plus 1.5 cm base; width 13.7 cm; weight 0.37 kg. Dated 664–525 BC, Late Period, 26th Dynasty, Egypt., A turquoise-green rounded vessel with a narrow neck and flared rim is shown against a dark gray background; the vessel surface has a patinated, slightly mottled texture with areas of lighter and darker green and small brownish spots, and a band of incised decorative geometric patterns encircles the upper shoulder; a pair of small sculpted human figures in the same green material are attached on opposite sides of the neck, each seated and holding their knees.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A17_441

License type

Rights managed

Available size

79.5Mb (8.2Mb) / 20.0in x 15.4in / 6000 x 4633 (300dpi)

Keywords

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 Height 17.5 cm plus 1.5 cm base width 13.7 cm weight 0.37 kg Dated 664–525 BC Late Period 26th Dynasty Egypt turquoise-green rounded vessel narrow neck flared rim shown dark gray background vessel surface patinated slightly mottled texture areas lighter darker green small brownish spots band incised decorative geometric patterns encircles upper shoulder pair small sculpted human figures green material attached opposite sides seated holding knees.