AN EGYPTIAN PALE GREEN GLAZED COMPOSITION NEW YEAR'S FLASK

THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD-SAITE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXVI, CIRCA 1069-525 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN PALE GREEN GLAZED COMPOSITION NEW YEAR'S FLASK
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD-SAITE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXVI, CIRCA 1069-525 B.C.
Of lentoid shape, with triple incised grooves around the perimeter, the shoulders with beaded broad collar, the neck and mouth in the form of a papyrus umbel, the handles in the form of seated baboons, resting their snouts in their paws, with hieroglyphic inscriptions below, asking Harpocrates to open a good new year for the woman Nebt, on the opposite side the deity is named as Khusemyt, mounted
5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm.) high

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French private collection of an ambassador, 1960s.
Accompanied by a French passport.

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An old collection label on the base.

These vessels are called "New Year's Flasks" because the new year is usually invoked in the inscriptions. According to R. Bianchi in F. D. Friedman, (ed.), Gifts of the Nile, Ancient Egyptian Faience, New York, 1998, p. 229, nos. 126-127, "the ancient Egyptian New Year started in late summer, when the Nile began its annual flood. The transition between the years was considered fraught with dangers that threatened the cosmic stability of the land and numerous rituals were developed in order to ensure a harmonious transition [...] It has been suggested that these vessels were designed to contain a liquid used in an as yet unknown ritual connected with New Year celebrations."