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Description: | Red lustrous ware 'spindle bottle'. New Kingdom. Handle on neck. Vessel is genuine but the inscription is modern. These types of vessels were not inscribed. This type of pottery was made in Cyprus or the Levant and was probably used for importing scented gums or resins. Resins were used in perfumes and aromatic oils. In tomb paintings of the 18th Dynasty processions of Syrian porters are shown brining back tribute to pharaoh and among their offering are vessels similar to this. 1131 in ink on base. From the National Museum of Wales Cardiff.'Art of the Ancient Mediterranean World' Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts 1999. Number 86- Egyptian copies of spindle bottles have a ridge encircling the neck near the handle. Examples are known from Syria, Palestine and Cyprus. While they may have originally contained resins, samples from some of them show them to be reused. See Brovarski, et al. 1982. 'Egypt's Golden Age: the Art of Living in the New Kingdom 1558-1085 BC' Museum of Fine Arts Boston p 85 for a similar example. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Rights holder: | University of Swansea, Egypt Centre | Subjects: | spindle bottle lustrous ware | Temporal: | 1550 B.C.-1069 B.C.
New Kingdom | Source: | Egypt Centre | Identifier: | http://www.egyptcentre.org.uk/index.asp?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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