Carinated Stone Jar with Rope Pattern. Dimensions: H. 16.7 cm (6 9/16 in); diam. 18.7 cm (7 3/8 in)Diam. of lid 9.9 cm (3 7/8 in). Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early. Date: ca. 1550-1458 B.C..This limestone vessel with its baggy shape and sharp carination of the lower body is a traditional Egyptian shape called the deshret-jar. The form is common in pottery found in burials from the Old Kingdom onward. A raised band with carved diagonal lines imitating a twisted cord decorates the base of the neck. The vessel was deposited in the lowest chamber of a pit tomb cut into the forecourt of a reused Middle Kingdom tomb and belonged to the burial of a man named Nakht. The tomb was covered over during the construction of the causeway of Hatshepsut's mortuary temple sometime after year 7 of her reign. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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Carinated Stone Jar with Rope Pattern. Dimensions: H. 16.7 cm (6 9/16 in); diam. 18.7 cm (7 3/8 in)Diam. of lid 9.9 cm (3 7/8 in). Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early. Date: ca. 1550-1458 B.C..This limestone vessel with its baggy shape and sharp carination of the lower body is a traditional Egyptian shape called the deshret-jar. The form is common in pottery found in burials from the Old Kingdom onward. A raised band with carved diagonal lines imitating a twisted cord decorates the base of the neck. The vessel was deposited in the lowest chamber of a pit tomb cut into the forecourt of a reused Middle Kingdom tomb and belonged to the burial of a man named Nakht. The tomb was covered over during the construction of the causeway of Hatshepsut's mortuary temple sometime after year 7 of her reign. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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