Blue-painted Jar from Malqata with Hathor Emblem

Unknown

ca. 1390–1352 B.C. · pottery, slip, paint · Egyptian Art

This jar has been decorated with a series of personified ankh hieroglyphs. Each ankh has an eye of Horus, or "wedjat" eye, painted in the loop at the top, and two outstretched arms painted red. The best preserved ankh holds two baskets, one of which contains an emblem of the goddess Hathor (see also 11.215.472).

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1390–1352 B.C.

Medium

pottery, slip, paint

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1911