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Description: | Fragment of New Year Vessel, neck in the shape of a palm column with two apes. New Year vessels, such as the pieces on display in the Egypt Centre, were lentoid shaped, resembling flasks. They were made from faience. These vessels were particularly popular during the reigns of Apries and Amasis of the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty. They sometimes occur in burials. It has been suggested that the slightly squashed disc shape of the body of the vessel represents the sun, a symbol of rebirth. The ancient Egyptian New Year started in late summer when the Nile began its annual flood. It has been suggested that these vessels contained a liquid designed to be used in an as yet unknown New Year celebration. However, that some examples have been found in burials, suggests they also had a funerary rebirth function. Further Reading: Blanquet, C-H, 1992, 'Typologie de la bouteille de nouvel an' in Cl. Obsomer, A-L. Oosthoek (ed) Amosiades Melanges offerts au professeur Claude Vanderslyen par ses anciens etudiant, Louvain-la-Neuve, 49-54. Yamani, S. 2002, New Year's bottles from Tell Marqula (Dakhla Oasis). Bulletin De L'Instit Français D'Archeologie Orientale, 102, 425-436. Originally part of the MacGregor collection purchased by Wellcome in 1922. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Rights holder: | University of Swansea, Egypt Centre | Subjects: | [none] | Temporal: | 747 B.C.-332 B.C.
Late Period, 26th Dynasty | Source: | Egypt Centre | Identifier: | http://www.egyptcentre.org.uk/index.asp?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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