Bottle in the Form of a Mother and Child
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Object Label
"Mother-and-child" bottles were made throughout the Eighteenth Dynasty. Their function is far from certain. One possible explanation is that they contained the milk of mothers who had recently delivered a male child. Medical texts frequently mention such milk as an effective remedy for a variety of ailments.
Caption
Bottle in the Form of a Mother and Child, ca. 1336–1295 B.C.E.. Steatite, glaze, Height: 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 61.9. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Title
Bottle in the Form of a Mother and Child
Date
ca. 1336–1295 B.C.E.
Dynasty
late Dynasty 18
Period
New Kingdom
Geography
Place made: Egypt
Medium
Steatite, glaze
Classification
Dimensions
Height: 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
61.9
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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