By Jacqueline Engel
Plaster: Tell el-Yahudia, JE, 21842
These types of bowls which are decorated with lotus flowers were associated with the goddess Hathor. They have a ritual purpose since the lotus symbolized rebirth with each sunrise.
These bowls may contain water, wine, or even milk.
Faience; 18th Dynasty New Kingdom
This tile is decorated with lotus flowers and representations of the water hieroglyphic sign in the middle.
Both the flowers and the signs are framed with a frieze of geometrical lines.
Faience; Amana Period 18th Dynasty – New Kingdom; JE 5524.
Egyptian Museum Caïro
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