<em>Water Bottle</em>, ca. 1539-1425 B.C.E. Clay, 8 7/8 x Diam. 5 in. (22.5 x 12.7 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, 16.580.134. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.134_NegL1009-32_print_bw.jpg)

Water Bottle, ca. 1539-1425 B.C.E. Clay, 8 7/8 x Diam. 5 in. (22.5 x 12.7 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, 16.580.134. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.134_NegL1009-32_print_bw.jpg)

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Water Bottle

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

On View: Egyptian Orientation Gallery, 3rd Floor

MEDIUM Clay

Place Made: Egypt

DATES ca. 1539-1425 B.C.E.

DYNASTY Dynasty 18

PERIOD New Kingdom

DIMENSIONS 8 7/8 x Diam. 5 in. (22.5 x 12.7 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 16.580.134

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

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MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Egyptian Orientation Gallery, 3rd Floor

CAPTION Water Bottle, ca. 1539-1425 B.C.E. Clay, 8 7/8 x Diam. 5 in. (22.5 x 12.7 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, 16.580.134. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.134_NegL1009-32_print_bw.jpg)

IMAGE overall, CUR.16.580.134_NegL1009-32_print_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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