Lot Essay
The jar's shape represents the hieroglyph hes, meaning 'to praise' and was traditionally used for offering libations of cool water. For simliar cf. fig. 17, pp. 387-389 in D. Polz, et al., Bericht über die 6, 7, und 8. Grabungskampagne in der Nekropole von Dra Abu el-Naga in Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo, Mainz, 1999, pp. 387-389, fig. 17.