Lentoid Bottle ("New Year's Bottle") with the name of Padi..., the draftsman of the Divine Adoratrice, with names of others including Wahibrenebpehty

Lentoid Bottle ("New Year's Bottle") with the name of Padi..., the draftsman of the Divine Adoratrice, with names of others including Wahibrenebpehty

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The short neck of this "New Year's Bottle" is in the form of a papyrus or lotus column, flanked by two squatting apes that take the place of handles.The shoulder of the lentoid body is adorned front and back with the representation of a broad floral collar, actual examples of which would have been worn by Egyptians at festivals and banquets. On the band separating the two sides of the body is an inscription naming the draftsman of the Divine Adoratrice, Padi. . ., and others. Faience flasks of this type, often inscribed with good wishes and apparently filled with water from the Nile, were given as gifts at the New Year.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lentoid Bottle ("New Year's Bottle") with the name of Padi..., the draftsman of the Divine Adoratrice, with names of others including WahibrenebpehtyLentoid Bottle ("New Year's Bottle") with the name of Padi..., the draftsman of the Divine Adoratrice, with names of others including WahibrenebpehtyLentoid Bottle ("New Year's Bottle") with the name of Padi..., the draftsman of the Divine Adoratrice, with names of others including WahibrenebpehtyLentoid Bottle ("New Year's Bottle") with the name of Padi..., the draftsman of the Divine Adoratrice, with names of others including WahibrenebpehtyLentoid Bottle ("New Year's Bottle") with the name of Padi..., the draftsman of the Divine Adoratrice, with names of others including Wahibrenebpehty

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.