<em>Part of a Bowl Inscribed for Amunhotep III and His Chief Queen, Tiye</em>, ca. 1390-1352 B.C.E. Egyptian alabaster (calcite), traces of gilding, 3 7/8 x 2 9/16 in. (9.9 x 6.5 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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.41_PS9.jpg)

Part of a Bowl Inscribed for Amunhotep III and His Chief Queen, Tiye, ca. 1390-1352 B.C.E. Egyptian alabaster (calcite), traces of gilding, 3 7/8 x 2 9/16 in. (9.9 x 6.5 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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.41_PS9.jpg)

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

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

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.

MEDIUM Egyptian alabaster (calcite), traces of gilding

Place Found: Tell el-Amarna, Egypt

DATES ca. 1390-1352 B.C.E.

DYNASTY Dynasty 18

PERIOD New Kingdom

DIMENSIONS 3 7/8 x 2 9/16 in. (9.9 x 6.5 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 16.41

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

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Fragment from the rim of an alabaster bowl; in relief, portions of a Hathor head flanked by seated cat. Traces of gilding. Condition: Preserved portion in good condition.

EXHIBITIONS

Divine Felines: Cats of Ancient Egypt

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Part of a Bowl Inscribed for Amunhotep III and His Chief Queen, Tiye, ca. 1390-1352 B.C.E. Egyptian alabaster (calcite), traces of gilding, 3 7/8 x 2 9/16 in. (9.9 x 6.5 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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.41_PS9.jpg)

IMAGE overall, 16.41_PS9.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2015

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