Cf. O. W. Muscarella (ed.), Ancient Art: The Norbert Schimmel Collection, Mainz, 1974, no. 192; and Egypt's Golden Age: The Art of Living in the New Kingdom 1558-1085 B.C., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1982, p. 293, no. 404, for alabaster jars in the form of kneeling pregnant women; Dr. Brunner-Traut believes these vessels were used by women as magical vessels, the contents to be rubbed against the body during the last few months of pregnancy.