Description
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Period:New Kingdom
Dynasty:Dynasty 18
Reign:reign of Tutankhamun
Date:ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Geography:From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54), Davis/Ayrton excavations, 1907–08
Medium:Pottery, hematite wash, burnished, pigment
Dimensions:H. 37 x Diam. 15 cm (14 9/16 x 5 7/8 in.) Diam. of mouth 12 cm (4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line:Gift of Theodore M. Davis, 1909
Accession Number:09.184.83
This slender, elegant bottle, with its flaring rim in the form of an open papyrus umbel, was among the cache of objects discovered in a pit (KV 54) in the valley of the Kings in 1907. The objects are associated with the funeral of Tutankhamun, whose tomb was discovered some fifteen years later about 100 meters away. The decoration around the neck imitates floral collars made of leaves, petals, flower buds, and berries that were worn by banquet guests and draped around vessels used at banquets. Several such collars were also found in the cache (see 09.184.214). This bottle may have been used in the purification ritual at Tutankhamun's burial or to serve a spiced beverage at his funeral banquet.
Other objects from Tutankhamun's funeral cache are displayed in gallery 122.
Period:New Kingdom
Dynasty:Dynasty 18
Reign:reign of Tutankhamun
Date:ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Geography:From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54), Davis/Ayrton excavations, 1907–08
Medium:Pottery, hematite wash, burnished, pigment
Dimensions:H. 37 x Diam. 15 cm (14 9/16 x 5 7/8 in.) Diam. of mouth 12 cm (4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line:Gift of Theodore M. Davis, 1909
Accession Number:09.184.83
This slender, elegant bottle, with its flaring rim in the form of an open papyrus umbel, was among the cache of objects discovered in a pit (KV 54) in the valley of the Kings in 1907. The objects are associated with the funeral of Tutankhamun, whose tomb was discovered some fifteen years later about 100 meters away. The decoration around the neck imitates floral collars made of leaves, petals, flower buds, and berries that were worn by banquet guests and draped around vessels used at banquets. Several such collars were also found in the cache (see 09.184.214). This bottle may have been used in the purification ritual at Tutankhamun's burial or to serve a spiced beverage at his funeral banquet.
Other objects from Tutankhamun's funeral cache are displayed in gallery 122.
Source
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544781
Date
1909 (accession date)
Original Format
photo
Photo
Citation
Citation
“Water Bottle from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache,” The Emma B. Andrews Diary Project, accessed November 22, 2024, http://emmabandrews.org/project/items/show/222.