Unknown Egyptian
New Year's Flask

CultureEgyptian
Titles
  • New Year's Flask
Date1550–1069 BC
MediumEgyptian faience
Dimensions8 × 6 1/2 × 4 in. (20.3 × 16.5 × 10.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan
Object number31.62
Non exposé

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Department
Antiquities
Object Type
Provenance[Mohareb Todrous, Luxor, Egypt]; purchased by Miss Annette Finnigan (1873–1940), Houston, by 1931; given to MFAH, 1931.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Prayers to Ptah and Sakhmet for the New Year

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