An Egyptian Faience Ritual Model Situla, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Jewelry - Earrings the wide central register with

the wide central register with a dedicant holding a lotus flower staff next to an offering altar

as customary for personal seals of the period

During ancient times

with minor surface wear and stable encrustation

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An Egyptian Faience Ritual Model Situla, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Jewelry - Earrings the wide central register withThe situla was a deluxe ritual vessel that played an important role in Egyptian religious ceremonies and was intended to carry holy water for use in sacred activities. This amuletic miniature of milk churn shape is made from bright blue green glazed faience, has two raised handles on the rim that are pierced, while the flattened bottom and angular profile copy the metal style for the period. Small faience models, such as this example, are quite rare.