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
DATES
ca. 1390–1352 B.C.E.
DYNASTY
Dynasty 18
PERIOD
New Kingdom
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.
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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