New Year's bottles, or New Year's flasks, are an archaeological type of lentoid bottles found in the cultures of Ancient Egypt.[1] These bottle were filled with water from the Nile, or possibly with perfume or oil, and offered as celebratory gifts for the New Year.[2] Since the Egyptian New year began at the start of the flood season, offering water from the Nile was a way to symbolise the new cycle.[3]
References edit
- ^ Bar, S.; Kahn, D.; Shirley, J. J. (9 June 2011). Egypt, Canaan and Israel: History, Imperialism, Ideology and Literature. Brill. p. 272. ISBN 978-9004210691.
- ^ "Lentoid Bottle ("New Year's Bottle") inscribed for the God's Father Amenhotep, son of the God's Father Iufaa". metmuseum.org. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ "New Year-Flask". The British Museum. Trustees of the British Museum. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
Bibliography edit
- Exploring the Symbolism of Egyptian "new Year's" Bottles, Ann Michelle Marlar, University of Memphis, 1999.
- Aurélia Masson: New Year’s flasks, in Alexandra Villing, Marianne Bergeron, Giorgos Bourogiannis, Alan Johnston, François Leclère, Aurélia Masson and Ross Thomas: Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt
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