Bottle
The upper part of this unusual bowl is elongated and narrow, from the central part of the lower part the bowl gradually expands and then agains narrows all the way down to its bottom. Small handles are visible on both sides of the bowl. The whole lower part contains an ornament in the shape of a mesh structure. The central part of the belly is decorated with unidentified figure in a squirrel position with big ears and imposing eyes. At the bottom of the bowl, on the front side are two hands with fists, and on the back side there are legs. On the sides are parts of the body. This bowl was probably used in everyday life as a cosmetic bottle. It is probably found in a pre-dynasty grave where it is housed as a funeral equipment.
The female figure carved on this ancient bottle contains some similarities to the usual depiction of the godess Hator. However, it can not be established with certainty wheter it is a ancient representation of the godess Hator, or is it an unknown Egyptian person, probably a woman.
This bottle was probably made during pre-dynasty (Naqada II. - III., 3500 BC - 3000 BC) or early-dinastic (3000 BC - 2700 BC) period.
The bowl is well preserved.
The female figure carved on this ancient bottle contains some similarities to the usual depiction of the godess Hator. However, it can not be established with certainty wheter it is a ancient representation of the godess Hator, or is it an unknown Egyptian person, probably a woman.
This bottle was probably made during pre-dynasty (Naqada II. - III., 3500 BC - 3000 BC) or early-dinastic (3000 BC - 2700 BC) period.
The bowl is well preserved.
Catalogue entry
Terracotta bottle
Museum Mimara, Zagreb
Collection of the Ancient Civilizations
Inv. no. ATM 233
Egypt, unknown site
Naqada II-Archaic period (3500-2700 B.C.)
terracotta
5 x 10.3 cm
Resources
- Čukman Nikolić, Ivana; Tomorad, Mladen. „Artefacts from Ancient Near East and Egypt in the Collection of Archaeology of the Mimara Museum in Zagreb, Croatia“. U: Tomorad, Mladen (ur.). Research of the history and culture of the Ancient Near East in the Southeast Europe: 1. Croatia - Selected problems. Saarbrücken, 2014: 85-126. no. 1, 87, 99, fig. 1.
- Čukman Nikolić, Ivana; Tomorad, Mladen. „The Collection of Egyptian Artifacts in the Mimara Museum in Zagreb (Croatia)“. U: Tomorad, Mladen (ur.). A History of Research into Ancient Egyptian Culture conducted in Southeast Europe. Oxford, 2015: 59-74. no. 3, 60, fig. 51.
- Tomorad, Mladen. “Re-dating of three Ancient Egyptian artefacts from Naqada I-III and the Archaic Period in the Mimara museum in Zagreb”. Prilozi instituta za arheologiju u Zagrebu 29 (2012): 185-194. no. 3, 190-192, fig. 3.
- Tomorad, Mladen. „Egyptian prehistoric and early dynastic artefacts in Croatian museum collection“. Spomenica Josipa Adamčeka. Zagreb 2009: 539-546. 543-544
- Tomorad, Mladen. „The Egyptian antiquities in Croatia“. PalArch 2, 1 (2005): 1-33. 12.
- Tomorad, Mladen. Egipat u Hrvatskoj: egipatske starine u hrvatskoj znanosti i kulturi. Zagreb, 2003. 64, fn. 386, 65, fig. 57
- Tomorad, Mladen. Model računalne obrade i prezentacije staroegipatskih predmeta u muzejskim zbirkama u Hrvatskoj. [Doktorska disertacije, Filozofski fakultet u Zagrebu Sveučilišta u Zagrebu]. Zagreb, 2006. 16.
- Tomorad, Mladen. Staroegipatska civilizacija, sv. II: Uvod u egiptološke studije. Zagreb, 2017. 65.
