Cypriote ring based juglet, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1500–1400 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Tomb CC 37, Chamber B, Burial 78, Carnarvon/Carter excavations, Pottery, black ware, H. 13.7 (5 3/8 in); diam. 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in), Containers such as these (12, 12) were first imported into Egypt in the early Eighteenth Dynasty and are often found in modest burials. The shape of some of them, such as the one here with the longer neck, seems to be modeled after the inverted seedpod of the poppy (Papaver somniferum), cut to release its sap
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Cypriote ring based juglet, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca, 1500–1400 B.C, Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Tomb CC 37, Chamber B, Burial 78, Carnarvon/Carter excavations, Pottery, black ware, H, 13.7, 5 3/8, diam, 6.5 cm, 2 9/16, Containers, 12, first imported, early Eighteenth Dynasty, modest burials, shape, longer neck, seems, modeled, inverted seedpod, poppy, Papaver somniferum, cut, release, sap
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