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 greenish-blue vessel with a tall flared neck and a rounded body occupies the image against a dark gray background; the vessel surface shows a weathered patina with areas of lighter and darker green-blue and some brownish spots, and a group of small sculpted figures in relief cling to the neck on opposite sides, while the rounded body is decorated with several concentric bands of incised geometric patterns and textured lines in the same green-blue tones.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A17_442

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Rights managed

Available size

68.7Mb (4.3Mb) / 20.0in x 13.3in / 6000 x 4000 (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 greenish-blue vessel tall flared rounded body occupies image dark gray background vessel surface weathered patina areas lighter darker green-blue brownish spots group small sculpted figures relief cling opposite sides rounded body several concentric bands incised geometric patterns textured lines green-blue tones.