Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) · vessel
New Year's Flask
Description
<p>This lentil-shaped New Year's flask has two small baboons that appear at either side of the neck atop a band of hieroglyphic inscriptions. Such flasks may once have held a liquid used in a ceremony to mark the beginning of the new agricultural year, which began in late summer, when the Nile River began to flood.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.419' rel='external'>New Year's Flask</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>
Cross-references (2)
- Walters-AccNum 48.419 tier-2
- Walters-id 24801 tier-2
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