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| Keywords: Egyptian - Cosmetic Vessel of Meretnubt - Walters 481388 - Side A.jpg This small cosmetic vessel is carved with an openwork frieze of heraldic birds flanking a cartouche with the name King's daughter Nubet-meryt Meretnubt was a daughter of King Thutmose I 1504-1492 BC Separating the two heraldic groups are two snakes flanking a column Above the openwork frieze is carved a series of alternating open and closed lotus flowers which ring the neck of the vessel The glaze is particularly green in appearance ca 1500 BC New Kingdom steatite with glaze cm 5 4 5 4 h x diam accession number 48 1388 37477 Price Collection Reverend Wiliam MacGregor Collection Sale Sotheby's London 1922 no 279 Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1923 Translation king's daughter Nubet-meryt place of origin Florence Italy Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian pottery in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Egyptian cosmetics Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
