Vessel with strap handles and a lid

Overview Vessel with strap handles and a lid New Kingdom, Amarna Period ca. 1353–1336 B.C. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 122 These are marl-clay pots excavated in the North Suburb at Amarna. The lentoid flask (29.7.1) is a type that originates outside Amarna itself. It probably came with particular trade contents: many such lentoid flasks from Amarna show a pitting on the interior that suggests their special contents was somewhat corrosive. The two-handled jar (29.7.2) is lidded with a small upside down silt-clay dish . It had a brown contents when excavated. The jar was found in a house with many others, some sunk into the floor for storage, and plentiful remains of pigments in the house suggested to the excavators that it belonged to a painter. View more