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Embalming cup
Egyptian
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21
1070–945 B.C.
Findspot: Thebes, Egypt, Deir el Bahari, TG 919
Medium/Technique
Faience
Dimensions
Height: 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Nina H. Burnham
Accession Number56.313
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionBlue glazed cup, inscribed for Nesikhonsu, wife of the High Priest Paynozem II.
ProvenanceFrom Thebes, Deir el-Bahari, royal cache. By 1887: Luigi Vassalli Collection (1812-1887); by 1956: Horace L. Mayer (d. 1968) collection; 1956: given to the MFA by Horace L. Mayer.
(Accession Date: May 10, 1956)
(Accession Date: May 10, 1956)