Lentoid Bottle ("New Year's Bottle") 664-332 BC Late Period This flask was purchased with a bronze neck and handles attached that were later determined not to belong to the piece; it would originally have had a short neck, perhaps in the shape of a papyrus or lotus column, with two handles or heraldic animals (see, for example, 10.130.2016). A floral garland is depicted around the shoulder, and a single column of inscription on one side references the New Year's festival. It is of a type known as a "New Year's Bottle," thought to have been filled with water from the Nile and given as a gift.. Lentoid Bottle ("New Year's Bottle"). 664-332 BC. Faience. Late Period. From Egypt
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