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Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Part of a Bowl Inscribed for Amunhotep III and His Chief Queen, Tiye

ca. 1390–1352 B.C.E.

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Object Label

When complete, this bowl had several frontal cow-eared female faces flanked by cats. Although in this case both faces and cats were probably intended as symbols of the goddess Hathor, these motifs later came to be related to other goddesses as well. Ritual vessels with such decoration may have held intoxicants, to be ingested during certain festivals for the goddess.

Caption

Part of a Bowl Inscribed for Amunhotep III and His Chief Queen, Tiye, ca. 1390–1352 B.C.E.. Egyptian alabaster (calcite), gold, 11 9/16 × 4 3/16 × 2 11/16 in. (29.3 × 10.6 × 6.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.41. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Part of a Bowl Inscribed for Amunhotep III and His Chief Queen, Tiye

Date

ca. 1390–1352 B.C.E.

Dynasty

Dynasty 18

Period

New Kingdom

Geography

Place found: Tell el-Amarna, Egypt

Medium

Egyptian alabaster (calcite), gold

Classification

Vessel

Dimensions

11 9/16 × 4 3/16 × 2 11/16 in. (29.3 × 10.6 × 6.8 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour

Accession Number

16.41

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