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Description: | Rim and neck of a faience New Year Vessel. 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, some examples have been found in burials, suggesting 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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