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Funnel-Shaped Lid, ca. 1630-1539 B.C.E.. Clay, pigment, 4 5/8 x Diam. 4 5/16 in. (11.8 x 11 cm). Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.461. Creative Commons-BY.
The Egyptians frequently capped their pottery vessels with hollow, funnel-shaped lids. Some Seventeenth Dynasty potters decorated these utilitarian objects with thick bands of paint, as on the example shown here. These simple designs may have served as markers to identify the vessels’ contents after they had been sealed.