Bottle in the Form of a Mother and Child
ca. 1479–1352 B.C.E.
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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. 1479–1352 B.C.E.. Steatite, glaze, Height: 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 61.9. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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