Inscribed Jar, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E., or later. Clay, pigment, 10 1/4 × overall diam. 8 9/16 in. (26 × 21.7 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, 16.72. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.72_overall01_PS20.jpg)
Inscribed Jar, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E., or later. Clay, pigment, 10 1/4 × overall diam. 8 9/16 in. (26 × 21.7 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, 16.72. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.72_overall02_PS20.jpg)
Inscribed Jar
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
On View: Egyptian Orientation Gallery, 3rd Floor
MEDIUM
Clay, pigment
DATES
ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E., or later
DYNASTY
Dynasty 18, or later
PERIOD
New Kingdom
DIMENSIONS
10 1/4 × overall diam. 8 9/16 in. (26 × 21.7 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
16.72
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
PROVENANCE
Archaeological provenance not yet documented, reportedly from Saqqara, Egypt; April 6, 1884, purchased by Charles Edwin Wilbour; 1896, inherited from Charles Edwin Wilbour by Charlotte Beebe Wilbour; 1914, inherited from Charlotte Beebe Wilbour by Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour; 1916, gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour to the Brooklyn Museum.
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CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Pottery jar with pointed base, flaring body receding to a narrow cylindrical neck. There are four handles on the upper part of the body. Buff slip tinged with reddish orange. Between three of the handles runs an inscription in hieratic "Wine for the Lady Thuaa" who was the mother of Queen Tiy and the mother-in-law of Amenophis III. The jar is a typical piece of XVIII Dynasty pottery.
Condition, the entire neck is missing, there are several minor chips in the slip.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Egyptian Orientation Gallery, 3rd Floor
CAPTION
Inscribed Jar, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E., or later. Clay, pigment, 10 1/4 × overall diam. 8 9/16 in. (26 × 21.7 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, 16.72. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.72_overall01_PS20.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 16.72_overall01_PS20.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2024
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