Jug in the shape of a woman's head, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1295 B.C., From Egypt, Memphite Region, Saqqara, Teti Pyramid Cemetery, Egyptian Antiquities Service excavations, 1926, Pottery, paint, H. 15 cm (5 7/8 in), This jar is representative of a genre that was produced for about a century during the New Kingdom (ca. 1450-1350 B.C.). Their imagery and capacity suggests that they were made to hold the milk of a nursing mother
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Jug, shape, woman, head, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca, 1550–1295 B.C, Egypt, Memphite Region, Saqqara, Teti Pyramid Cemetery, Egyptian Antiquities Service excavations, 1926, Pottery, paint, H, 15 cm, 5 7/8, jar, representative, genre, produced, century, 1450-1350, imagery, capacity, hold, milk, nursing mother
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