Wine-jar sherd with hieratic inscription

 

Wine-jar sherd with hieratic inscription

Wine-jar sherd with contents noted in the cursive or 'hieratic' script. The hieratic text identifies the contents of the jar as wine of the 29th year of a reign. Few kings ruled so many years, and it seems likely that the unnamed monarch is Amenhotep III, who was on the throne for 37 years. Large numbers of labelled wine jars from his reign survive from his palace at Malqata on the Theban West Bank, and from the city of his son Akhenaten at El -`Amarna.

Present location	NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND [30/002] DUBLIN
Inventory number	E72:80
Dating	18TH DYNASTY
Archaeological Site	UNKNOWN
Category	JAR LABEL
Material	POTTERY
Technique	PAINTED
Width	11.5 cm

Translation

Regnal year 29 [..]
wine of the [..]
first of His Majesty, life, prosperity, health [..]

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