Oil Vessel

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa

CultureEgyptian

PeriodLate Period, Dynasty 26

Date664-525 BCE

MediumBanded travertine (alabaster)

Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation

Dimensions11 13/16 x 14 9/16 x 14 11/16 in., 23 kg (30 x 37 x 37.3 cm, 50 lb. 11 5/16 oz.)

Object number2018.010.409

Label TextThis large, polished calcite jar is reminiscent of early Egyptian lug-handle jars of marl clay from ca. 2700 BCE. Large calcite lug-handle jars were filled with oil and other offerings and were donated to temples in the Late and Ptolemaic periods. Often, these jars carried Greek or multilanguage inscriptions, naming the king or gods honored with an offering.
Exhibition HistoryLife and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 4 - August 6, 2023
Published ReferencesRenee Stein, et al., "Reconciling Restoration," in Life and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection, ed. Melinda K. Hartwig (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2023), Figure 5.3.
Melinda K. Hartwig, ed., Life and The Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2023), catalogue entry 26.

ProvenanceEx coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California, possibly purchased from Jean-François Mignon, Aix-en Provence, France.

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