Hes Vase from the Burial of Amenemhat ca. 1504–1447 New Kingdom The burial of a scribe named Amenemhat was found in the family tomb of established by his father, Neferkhawet. Inside Amenemhat's coffin were two ceremonial hes-vases, one on either side of the mummy's legs near the knees. The mouth of each vase had been closed with a wad of fine linen cloth. The jars appear to have held a dark liquid that had stained the inside and permeated the cloth stoppers which were blackened and 's tomb was excavated by the Museum's Egyptian Expedition in 1935 and in the divis
Hes Vase from the Burial of Amenemhat ca. 1504–1447 New Kingdom The burial of a scribe named Amenemhat was found in the family tomb of established by his father, Neferkhawet. Inside Amenemhat's coffin were two ceremonial hes-vases, one on either side of the mummy's legs near the knees. The mouth of each vase had been closed with a wad of fine linen cloth. The jars appear to have held a dark liquid that had stained the inside and permeated the cloth stoppers which were blackened and 's tomb was excavated by the Museum's Egyptian Expedition in 1935 and in the division of finds at the end of the excavation season, one of the hes-vases went to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and this one came to New Hes Vase from the Burial of Amenemhat. ca. 1504–1447 Faience. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Tomb of Neferkhawet (MMA 729), east chamber, Burial of Amenemhat (V), inside coffin by knees, MMA excavations, 1934–35. Dynasty 18, early
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