Jar label fragments ca. 1390-1352 B.C. New Kingdom Thousands of fragmentary storage jars were discovered during the Museums excavations at Malqata, a palace city built by Amenhotep III for the celebration of his 30-year festival (heb-sed). Many of the shoulder fragments have labels written in hieratic script, a cursive form of hieroglyphs. The texts frequently note the jars contents: wine, ale, fat, meat, etc. They also may provide the date, source, donor, and maker of the commodity as well as the occasion (the kings heb-sed). This label states that the original jar held wine bottled in year 37 of Amenhoteps reign. The wine came from one of the kings estates in the western Delta (in northern Egypt). The name of the vintner is broken off.. Jar label fragments. ca. 1390-1352 B.C.. Pottery, ink. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, Palace of Amenhotep III, House 2.w, MMA excavations, 1911. Dynasty 18

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Jar label fragments ca. 1390-1352 B.C. New Kingdom Thousands of fragmentary storage jars were discovered during the Museums excavations at Malqata, a palace city built by Amenhotep III for the celebration of his 30-year festival (heb-sed). Many of the shoulder fragments have labels written in hieratic script, a cursive form of hieroglyphs. The texts frequently note the jars contents: wine, ale, fat, meat, etc. They also may provide the date, source, donor, and maker of the commodity as well as the occasion (the kings heb-sed). This label states that the original jar held wine bottled in year 37 of Amenhoteps reign. The wine came from one of the kings estates in the western Delta (in northern Egypt). The name of the vintner is broken off.. Jar label fragments. ca. 1390-1352 B.C.. Pottery, ink. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, Palace of Amenhotep III, House 2.w, MMA excavations, 1911. Dynasty 18

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