Nun Vessel New KingdomAkhmim
Description
Object Label: In ancient Egyptian origin myths, dark blue and black were colors of the primordial waters that the Egyptians called nun, or nonexistence. Faience bowls, popular in the New Kingdom, were often decorated with motifs that evoked marshland, recalling the waters of nun. The square in the center of this bowl is a pond from which lotus buds and flowers grow. The lotus blossoms symbolize life emerging from the waters of nonexistence. Caption: Nun Vessel, ca 1539–1493 B.C.E.. Faience, 3 3/4 × Diam. 10 1/2 in. (9.5 × 26.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 40.298. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
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- BKM-Accession 40.298 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3452 tier-2
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