MIDDLE KINGDOM, DYNASTY XII-XIII, 1991-1640 B.C.

A similar example was found in tomb 32-1-34 at Jericho (no. 84 in Caubet and Pierrat-Bonnefois, eds., Faïences, de l'Antiquité de l'AEgypte à l'Iran). The author asserts that the Jericho vessel was part of a tradition of locally-produced small faience vessels, influenced greatly by Egyptian imports and sometimes difficult to distinguish from them.

The shape of this vessel is perhaps meant to evoke the closed bud of the Egyptian blue lily (Nymphaea caerulea), with its narrow, pointed leaves and slight blue tinge.