Description

Model wooden slender jar or water bottle. The flat circular top has a diameter of 2 cm and is painted white with a black cross indicating a seal made of mud bound with cloth or string. The vessel itself is painted dark red indicating the Nile silt clay fabric of the original. There is also quite a bit of darker area around the neck and shoulder which seems to have been caused by discolouration. Drips of dark paint are found on the body of the vessel. The vessel has a narrow vertical neck (c. 2 cm long) and then widens out slightly at the shoulder of the vessel before tapering to a rounded base. There is a round hole .5 cm in diameter on the base into which a dowel was originally inserted to attach the vessel to a model tomb scene.