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Summary
: H1972
: Egyptology
: flask
: Lentoid 'New Year' flask. A beige jar with a round body and small neck with flared rim. It is oval in cross-section and has a band around the jar, starting at the neck. There are two incised inscriptions on this band. The upper part of the body has 'bead-collar' incised decoration. There is a baboon with one hand at its mouth on either side of the neck. Translation: 'May Ptah open a good year for (her) lord' ie owner 'May Amun open a good year for (her) lord'
Current Location
On Display at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Egypt Gallery
: Tell Hisn (Heliopolis)
: New Year
: 664-525 BC
: Late Period
: Given by the British Scool of Archaeology in Egypt, 1912.