ancientpeoples:New Years FlaskLate Period Egyptian650-550 BCThis lentil-shaped New Year’s flask has
ancientpeoples:New Years FlaskLate Period Egyptian650-550 BCThis lentil-shaped New Year’s flask has two small baboons that appear at either side of the neck atop a band of hieroglyphic inscriptions. Such flasks may once have held a liquid used in a ceremony to mark the beginning of the new agricultural year, which began in late summer, when the Nile River began to flood.Source: The Walters Art Museum -- source link