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Jar
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
This jar was intended as a funerary gift and belonged to: "The one venerated before Anubis, who is within the place of embalming, the Osiris, the scribe Amenhotep." By the New Kingdom, the deceased were routinely identified with the god Osiris and was called "an Osiris." At this time, terracotta vessels were sometimes painted to imitate luxury goods made of glass or stone.
Inscription
Provenance
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Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Egypt (Thebes) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
8 1/16 x 5 x 3 7/8 in. (20.5 x 12.8 x 9.8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.1382