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 (covered with linen?) bound with cloth or string. The width of the rim or seal is .5 cm. The vessel itself is slightly flattened and is painted dark brown red indicating the Nile silt clay fabric of the original. A large chip is missing near the base of the vessel. On the base is an oval hole (c. .5 cm) into which has been inserted a dowel that was originally used to attach the vessel to a model tomb scene.